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The Lastest stinging sensation, Bee Basics, the African Queens.

Examines the abilities and behavior of.bees and their uses by mankind through the ages as well as how they communicate and make decisions.

"Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnisning mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light". Mindful of Swift's dictum, this compilation is offered as an exhaustive coverage of a smallish literature on the synthesis and secretion of beeswax, its elaboration into combs and the factors which bear on the execution of these processes by honeybees. To codify any aspect of...

"Bees in America is an ... cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States. Tammy Horn, herself a beekeeper, offers a varied social and technological history from the colonial period, when the British first introduced bees to the New World, to the present, when bees are being used by the American military to detect bombs."--Jacket.

"One woman's charming, thoroughly engaging account of abandoning the rat race to live blissfully as a beekeeper and honey entrepreneur - plus everything you'd ever want to know about honeybees!"--Inside jacket.

Bee Time presents Winston's reflections on three decades spent studying these creatures, and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural world. Like us, honeybees represent a pinnacle of animal sociality. How they submerge individual needs into the colony collective provides a lens through which to ponder human societies.

Are you an absolute beginner when it comes to keeping bees? Then help is at hand. Like having your very own instructor at your side, this absolute beginner's guide for first-time beekeepers will teach you how to set up and care for your first colonies.

Since their introduction into southern Brazil in the 1950s, Africanized--or "killer"--Bees have acquired a reputation among the general public that is straight out of a science fiction movie. As colonies of these feisty bees have gradually moved north, expanding their range into Mexico and, most recently, Texas, lurid reports of their sometimes fatal stinging behavior and aggressive swarming have commanded media attention and alarmed local communities....

"Modern commercial beekeeping has changed from primarily honey production to crop pollination. With this change has come extraordinary stress--colonies are moved multiple times a year, increasing their exposure to diseases, parasites, and hive pests. Antibiotics and acaricides are being applied more frequently, resulting in resistance and comb contamination. The future use of bee colonies as mobile pollinator populations requires modern management...