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QueenSpotting
Meet the Remarkable Queen Bee and Discover the Drama at the Heart of the Hive; Includes 48 Queenspotting Challenges
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QueenSpotting
Popular urban beekeeper Hilary Kearney challenges nature lovers, science fans, and beekeepers alike to “spot the queen” in 48 amazing fold-out photo challenges, accompanied by stories of the dramatic life of the queen honey bee and stories of swarm-capturing adventures.
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At the heart of every beehive is a queen bee. Since her well-being is linked to the well-being of the entire colony, the ability to find her among the residents of the hive is an essential beekeeping skill.
In QueenSpotting, experienced beekeeper and professional swarm catcher Hilary Kearney challenges readers to spot the queen with 48 fold-out visual puzzles featuring vivid up-close photos of the queen hidden among her many subjects. QueenSpotting celebrates the unique, fascinating life of the queen bee and chronicles royal hive happenings such as The Virgin Death Match, The Nuptial Flight—when the queen mates with a cloud of male drones high in the air—and the dramatic Exodus of the Swarm from the hive.
Readers will thrill at Kearney's adventures in capturing these swarms from the strange places they settle, including a Jet Ski, a couch, a speed boat, and an owl's nesting box. Fascinating, fun, and instructive, backyard beekeepers and nature lovers alike will find reason to return to the pages again and again.
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Hilary Kearney's QueenSpotting, a captivating exploration of beekeeping, offers engaging how-to tips, entertaining science trivia, and interactive challenges that appeal to both children and adults. It provides unique insights into queen-bee spotting, valuable for beekeepers of all experience levels, and is praised for its delightful writing and factual accuracy. The book brings to life the intricacies of hive life with charm and wit, making it an enjoyable read for anyone fascinated by these remarkable insects.
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ISBN: 9781635860375
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 30 April 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Illustration: Full-color; photographs and illustrations througho
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 182.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 600g
Pages: 128
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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