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Bee (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Bee (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Series: Animal Series
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List price R400
Loot Price R346
Discovery Miles 3 460
You Save R54 (14%)
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The bee is not a domestic animal, yet our relationship with this
creature is one of the longest-standing between humanity and any
other species. Since the earliest times the unique manufacturing
and architectural abilities of the bee and its remarkable social
organization have been regarded as miraculous. Because of this
ancient relationship, bees always carry profound cultural meanings
which can tell us much about who we are. Bees are also the subject
of an enormous body of legend throughout the temperate world; no
less extraordinary is the natural history of the bee, and the ways
in which its biological and social organization have been adapted
and encouraged by mankind in search of honey.Claire Preston's "Bee"
follows the natural and cultural history of our relationship with
the bee and the development of these legends, from ancient
political descriptions of the bee to Renaissance debates about
monarchy, and the accompanying scientific discoveries about
insects, to the modern conversion of the virtuous, civil bee into
the dangerous swarm of the Hollywood horror flick, and finally to
the melancholy recognition that the scientific study of bee
behavior gives us a warning to beware our own awful technologies of
destruction. Written in a lively, engaging style, and containing
many fascinating bee facts, anecdotes, fables, and images, Bee is
also a wide-ranging, highly-illustrated meditation on the natural
and cultural history of this familiar and much-admired insect. It
will appeal to a wide audience: those who work with bees and in
honey production; those who appreciate this industrious creature
and its intricate, miniature society; and, those too who have an
interest in the way animals such as the bee have woven themselves
into the fabric of our culture.
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