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The Queen Must Die - And Other Affairs of Bees and Men (Paperback) Loot Price: R515
Discovery Miles 5 150

The Queen Must Die - And Other Affairs of Bees and Men (Paperback)

William Longgood; Illustrated by Pamela Johnson

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"Why is it that insects often inspire such good writing? You think of Jean Henri Fabre, William Morton Wheeler, you think of Howard Evans' Wasp Farm. To these classics we must now add The Queen Must Die, an altogether pleasing ethnography of the beehive." —Jake Page

"A very fine book indeed. . . . Longgood's Thoreauvian patience and powers of observation . . . make The Queen Must Die a special book." —James Kauffman, Christian Science Monitor

"Longgood's enthusiasm for his subject is infectious. He supplies a fund of unfamiliar information about a changeless civilization buzzing about its business just outside our attention." —Walter Clemons, Newsweek

"The remarkable complex social order of bees leads the least speculative to speculate, and Longgood's speculations, leavened with quiet wit, are of a high order of stylish imagination." —Los Angeles Times

"A beautiful book about one of nature's most industrious, 'work-or-die' insects. . . . Fascinating reading." —Rocky Mountain News

General

Imprint: W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 1988
First published: May 1988
Authors: William Longgood
Illustrators: Pamela Johnson
Dimensions: 190 x 130 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-30528-9
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Animal husbandry > Apiculture (beekeeping)
Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > Insects & spiders > General
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LSN: 0-393-30528-7
Barcode: 9780393305289

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