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Heart of the Hive
Inside the Mind of the Honey Bee and the Incredible Life Force of the Colony
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Expert beekeeper and swarm-catcher Hilary Kearney offers a unique window into the social lives and biology of these remarkable creatures, accompanied by the photos of world-renowned bee photographer Eric Tourneret. Readers will be awestruck by the hive as a superorganism and how the individual bee lives...
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Heart of the Hive
An intimate, inside view of how honey bees experience the world and how their fascinating matriarchal society functions, by the beekeeper behind the educational business and social media handle Girl Next Door Honey.
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Description
Expert beekeeper and swarm-catcher Hilary Kearney offers a unique window into the social lives and biology of these remarkable creatures, accompanied by the photos of world-renowned bee photographer Eric Tourneret.
Readers will be awestruck by the hive as a superorganism and how the individual bee lives and behaves within it, perfectly suited to each specific job it performs. From their intricate dances and information-rich pheromones to how they sense and respond to their environment, learn, and remember, this immersive journey into the world of bees offers an entirely new perspective on the wisdom of nature and our relationship to it.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781635864830
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 November 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Illustration: Full-colour; photos throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 142.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 200
About the Author
Hilary Kearney is the author of QueenSpotting and the creator of Girl Next Door Honey, a beekeeping business that offers educational opportunities to hundreds of new beekeepers each year. She maintains the blog Beekeeping Like A Girl and her writing on bees has appeared in Modern Farmer and Grit magazines. Her work has been the subject of features in Huffington Post, Vogue, Mother Earth News, and other outlets. She rescues wild bee colonies and manages around 90 hives in her hometown of San Diego, California.
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