Letters from the Hive (Buchmann - hardcover)

Author: Stephen L. Buchmann

ISBN: 9780553803754

Binding: hardcover

Section: Science/Nature

In Letters from the Hive, Prof. Stephen Buchmann takes us into the hive — nursery, honey factory, queen's inner sanctum — and out to the world of backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts in full bloom, where the age-old sexual dance between flowers and bees makes life on earth as we know it possible. Hailed for their hard work, harmonious society, and, mistakenly, for their celibacy, bees have a link to our species that goes beyond biology. In Letters from the Hive, Buchmann explores the fascinating role of bees in human culture and mythology, following the "honey hunters" of native cultures in Malaysia, the Himalayas, and the Australian Outback as they risk life and limb to locate a treasure as valuable as any gold.