
The Lives of Bees
The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
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Narrated by:
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William Hope
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By:
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Thomas D. Seeley
How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world’s managed bee colonies
Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley’s captivating story of what scientists are learning about the behavior, social life, and survival strategies of honey bees living outside the beekeeper’s hive - and how wild honey bees may hold the key to reversing the alarming die-off of the planet’s managed honey bee populations.
Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Drawing on the latest science, as well as insights from his own pioneering fieldwork, he describes in extraordinary detail how honey bees live in nature and reveals how this differs significantly from their lives under the management of beekeepers. Seeley presents an entirely new approach to beekeeping - Darwinian Beekeeping - which enables honey bees to use the toolkit of survival skills their species has acquired over the past 30 million years, and to evolve solutions to the new challenges they face today. He tells beekeepers how to use the principles of natural selection to guide their practices, and he offers a new vision of how beekeeping can better align with the natural habits of honey bees.
Engaging and deeply personal, The Lives of Bees reveals how we can become better custodians of honey bees and make use of their resources in ways that enrich their lives, as well as our own.
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"A wealth of information about honeybees based on decades of scientific research." (Kirkus)
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Insightful Read
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The Lives of Bees is an amazing story of discovery and and insights into bees life's preferences and habits.
wonderfully narrated.
I highly recommend this to anyone interested in artificial intelligence, natural studies, bees, and gardens
Disclaimer, this book does assume that you either know a bit about beekeeping or will pair this with a general guide as it touches most components of beekeeping but doesn't explain all of it.
Eye opening and fun
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The audible book is very convenient as I can listen to it while I work.
PROBLEMS with the narration - I kept thinking a truck was coming up my drive as there are background noises included in the narration that simply should not be there. My advice would be to invest in a sound booth so the narration is clean.
Overall William Hope did a nice job but having vehicle background noises is not acceptable in a professional narration.
Great book!
Love the book, the content is exceptional and enriched my understanding of honeybees.
I highly recommend this book!
New or advanced apiary managers will certainly appreciate the information.
Extraordinary text and information
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Very Informative!
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Very Informational
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A truly fascinating, scientific view of the h. bee
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best bee book I have found so far
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Excellent and engaging
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Wish I had access to the graphs
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Wonderful Perspective on Nature’s Way
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