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NEW Sweetness & Light : The Mysterious History of the Honeybee by Hattie Ellis
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Weight
- 440g
- Subject
- Beekeeping Apiarist Apiculture
- Special Attributes
- First American Edition, Luxury Edition, 1st Edition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780340734513
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Sweetness and Light: the Mysterious History of the Honey Bee
- Item Height
- 220mm
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Topic
- Wildlife
- Number of Pages
- 290 Pages
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Product Information
The bee is the most studied creature on the planet after man, and down the ages this insect and its honey have been harnessed by doctors, philosophers, scientists, politicians, artists, writers and architects as both metaphor and material. In her buzzing narrative, Hattie Ellis tells how all these people have found inspiration in the honey bee. We also discover some of the mysterious ways of bees - how they can make up to 24,000 journeys to produce a pound of honey, with each bee producing one teaspoonful in a lifetime; we see how, charmingly, they communicate by dances; and we look under the lid of the hive to find as many as 100,000 bees living and working in total discipline. But we witness their dark side, too - such as the savage, untamed energy of the swarms of killer African bees that are sweeping through America. We also explore some of the many unsolved questions surrounding the honey bee, some of them at the very cutting edge of contemporary medical research. Why did European honey bees stay in their hives as Chernobyl spread its toxic dust? And does honey, itself immortal, aid longevity? The bee existed long before man; and without bees, we would soon start to die. Hattie Ellis shows us how this small insect can tell us more about ourselves than any other living creature.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-13
9780340734513
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88238671
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sweetness and Light: the Mysterious History of the Honey Bee
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Wildlife
Publication Year
2004
Number of Pages
290 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
220mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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