The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us - Softcover

Wilson, Bee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312371241 ISBN 13: 9780312371241

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

Synopsis

Bee Wilson's study of her namesake is both a history of ideas and an exploration of the bee's impact on food and ritual. Beautifully illustrated, "The Hive" portrays a miniature universe and explores the human tendency to see ourselves in it. 60 photos.

About this title

Review:

"Endlessly fascinating." --The Mail on Sunday

"A brilliant examination of a natural phenomenon we all take for granted." --Sunday Express (London)

"Erudite, informative, accurate, and a delight to read." --The Times Literary Supplement

"Riveting...Almost any paragraph chosen at random is entertaining." --New Statesman

"In her delightful book, Bee Wilson traces the ideas that humans have had about the hive, and how these ideas reflect prevailing views about the body politic." --The Economist

"Beautifully produced and well researched...leaving readers to marvel." --The Good Book Guide

"Entertaining and thoroughly worthwhile." --The Sunday Times

Book Description:

The story of the inspiring relationship between bees, their hive and the human world, brilliantly reviewed in hardback

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312371241
• ISBN 13: 9780312371241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320