The honey factory : inside the ingenious world of bees / Jürgen Tautz & Diedrich Steen.
2018
QL568.A6 T3813 2018eb
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The honey factory : inside the ingenious world of bees / Jürgen Tautz & Diedrich Steen.
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Honigfabrik. English
ISBN
9781743820575 (electronic book)
1743820577 (electronic book)
9781760640408
9781760640903
1760640905
1760640409
1743820577 (electronic book)
9781760640408
9781760640903
1760640905
1760640409
Published
Carlton, Vic., Australia : Black Inc, 2018.
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from German.
Description
1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations
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QL568.A6 T3813 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
595.799
Summary
Bee hives might look like seething anarchy at first glance, but bees know exactly what they are doing. The universe of the beehive is an intricately organised, delicately balanced ecosystem. From the mighty queen to the lowliest worker bees, each bee plays its part in the whole. The Honey Factory plunges the reader into the invisible life of a bee colony and reveals the secrets of this fascinating world. How do worker bees come to a collective decision? What does the honeybees' waggling dance communicate? What provokes the sexual excesses of the young queen bee? And why is the precious relationship between humans and bees a matter of species survival? Combining the most fascinating scientific discoveries and greatest secrets in bee research, The Honey Factory answers these questions and more.
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Translation of: Die Honigfabrik : die Wunderwelt der Bienen - eine Betriebsbesichtigung. ©2017.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The factory and equipment of a bee colony
Teamwork in the honey factory
The honey factory production line
Founding a daughter colony
Bees as aggressors
The struggle for survival
Epilogue. Honey bees : a way of life.
The factory and equipment of a bee colony
Teamwork in the honey factory
The honey factory production line
Founding a daughter colony
Bees as aggressors
The struggle for survival
Epilogue. Honey bees : a way of life.