Bees: Nature's Little Wonders

By Candace Savage format: hardcover publication: October 2008 ISBN: 9781553653219

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The bee may have a brain the size of a grass seed, but in its brief, five-week life it works as a brood nurse, wax producer, comb builder, honey maker, home guard, and floral forager. Bees: Nature's Little Wonders invites readers to take a new look at creatures that are both familiar and wondrously odd.

Bees considers the diversity and biology of bees, including their peculiar sociosexual arrangements (pity the poor drone), their quirky relationships with flowers, and their startling mental abilities: What are we to make of insects that communicate through symbolic dances? The book also addresses the mysterious syndrome known as colony collapse disorder and identifies opportunities for the conservation of pollinators.

Enriched with cultural sidebars and complemented by a stunning collection of images, Bees is a must-read for conservationists, gardeners, and everyone else who cares about the world around them. BEE MISCELLANY

* The oldest know fossilized bee dates from the Crustaceous period— when dinosaurs roamed the Earth

* Bees, in contrast to wasps, are herbivores and only sting for defense

* A Queen bee lays roughly half a million eggs in her 2 year lifespan

* Commercial Honeybees are the primary pollinators for over 90 crops

* Over 30% of the managed American Bee population vanished in 2007

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