Following the Wild Bees (eBook)

The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting

Thomas D. Seeley (Autor)

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2019
184 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19124-9 (ISBN)

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Thomas D. Seeley is the Horace White Professor in Biology at Cornell University. His books include The Lives of Bees, Honeybee Democracy, and Honeybee Ecology (all Princeton).

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A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural worldFollowing the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today. Weaving informative discussions of bee biology with colorful anecdotes, personal insights, and beautiful photos, Thomas Seeley describes the history and science behind this lost pastime and how anyone can do it. The bee hunter's reward is a thrilling encounter with nature that challenges mind and body while also giving insights into the remarkable behavior of honey bees living in the wild. Whether you're a bee enthusiast or just curious about the natural world, this book is the ideal companion for newcomers to bee hunting and a rare treat for armchair naturalists.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2019
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Abdomen • Acer saccharum • Agricultural experiment station • Agriculture • Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • Aldo Leopold • anise • apiary • Apimondia • Apis cerana • A Sand County Almanac • Bearing (mechanical) • Bearing (navigation) • BEE • Beehive • beekeeper • Beekeeping • Bee smoker • beeswax • Bee tree • bird feeder • brood comb • Brood (honey bee) • Bumblebee • Chicory • Colony Collapse Disorder • Cornell University • Daucus Carota • deformed wing virus • dormitory • Entomology • Eva Crane • firewood • Flake (fish) • foraging • forest floor • genetic diversity • golden syrup • Grooming • Handbook • Henry David Thoreau • hinge • honey bee • Honey extractor • Honey flow • Honey hunting • insect • Insect Repellent • Johnston's organ • Karl von Frisch • Langstroth hive • Lemna minor • Locust tree • Maple Syrup • Martin Lindauer • Mite • monarch butterfly • Nectar source • nest box • North America • odor • Old field (ecology) • pasture • pathogen • peanut butter • Pesticide • pickup truck • Pollination • Population bottleneck • Posca • predation • Propolis • pupa • queen anne's lace • queen bee • resonance • robbing • selective breeding • Solidago canadensis • Spar varnish • stone wall • sucrose • Swarming (honey bee) • Taraxacum officinale • Thomisidae • Tool • Topographic Map • Tree hollow • tree house • tree stand • Varroa • Varroa destructor • Vibration • waggle dance • Walden Pond • western honey bee • western Massachusetts • Woodworking • worker bee • yellow jacket
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19124-7 / 0691191247
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19124-9 / 9780691191249