The Honey Bee: Understanding the Ultimate Engineer

by David Cramp

Beekeeper David Cramp explores their origins and evolution, the extraordinary complexity of the hive and honey-making process, the mysteries of the life of the queen, workers and drones and their sophisticated language and navigation systems. We underestimate the intelligence of these amazing insects. Bees know left from right, have a concept of zero, can count up to four, memorise landmarks on an internal brain map, and if they are ill they will...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1869665201
• ISBN13: 9781869665203
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.2"