In Honey Bees: Letters from the Hive, bee expert Stephen Buchmann takes readers on an incredible tour.
from the Hardcover edition..
He lives in Tuscon, Arizona.
He is directing and filming a documentary about the Yucatecan Maya and their sacred beecraft.
He coauthored two nonfiction adult titles, The Forgotten Pollinators and Letters from the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey and Humankind, and a picture book, The Bee Tree.
He served on a National Academy of Sciences committee on the status of pollinators in North America and is a member of the Pollinator Partnership.
About the Author: Stephen Buchmann is a beekeeper and an associate professor of entomology at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
from the Hardcover edition.
Includes illustrations and photographs throughout.
For Honey fanatics and all who have a sweet tooth, this book not only entertains and enlightens but also reminds us of the fragility of humanity\'s relationship with nature.
This fundamental link between bees and humans reaches beyond biology to our environment and our culture: bees have long played important roles in art, religion, literature, and medicine--and, of course, in the kitchen.
It\'s fascinating--and delicious Hailed for their hard work and harmonious society, bees make possible life on earth as we know it.
Enter a beehive--one part nursery, one part Honey factory, one part queen bee sanctum--then fly through backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts where wildflowers bloom.
In Honey Bees: Letters from the Hive, bee expert Stephen Buchmann takes readers on an incredible tour
