Bees: Nature's Little Wonders

by Candace Savage

Book Overview

The bee may have a brain the size of a grass seed, but in its brief, five-week life it works as a brood nurse, wax producer, comb builder, honey maker, home guard, and floral forager. Bees: Nature's Little Wonders invites readers to take a new look at creatures that are both familiar and wondrously odd. It considers the diversity and biology of bees, including their peculiar sociosexual arrangements (pity the poor drone), their quirky relationships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553653211
• ISBN13: 9781553653219
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.5"