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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-101400062713

ISBN-139781400062713

eBay Product ID (ePID)50482875

Product Key Features

Book TitleKeeper of Bees : Notes on Hive and Home

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAgriculture / Beekeeping, General

Publication Year2006

GenreNature, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorAllison Wallace

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight11.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-046688

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal638/.1

SynopsisI was hooked. Call it adrenaline surge, call it honeybee venom in my veinswhatever the explanation, henceforth I would need these funky little critters in my life. Givers of sweet, thick honey, bringers forth of the fruits from trees and bushes and who knew what else, they also gave more food for thought than a body could know what to do with. fromA Keeper of Bees Allison Wallace's devotion to honeybees and their amazing, intensely lived lives started years ago, when she was living in a cabin in the North Carolina woods. Ever since then, wherever she has called home, Wallace has kept company with bees. Now she gives us the honeybee in all its glory, dancing "the great, never fully knowable ecological dance," striving like other creatures and plants to be all it can be in its short life. With a philosopher's perception and a scientist's knowledge, Wallace interweaves the facts of honeybee biology with reflections on desire, intimacy, work, evolution, memory, and home. She shares the thrill of intimately observing thousands of busy bees cozily ensconced in their brilliantly designed, perfectly weatherproofed hive. She muses on the female workers' unceasing activity, and on the male drones' idleness as each awaits his acrobatic midair mating with the queen, followed by his instant death. She marvels at the cosseted queen, upon whom the future of the hive depends., With a philosopher's perception and a scientist's knowledge, Wallace interweaves the facts of honeybee biology with reflections on desire, intimacy, work, evolution, memory, and home., I was hooked. Call it adrenaline surge, call it honeybee venom in my veins-whatever the explanation, henceforth I would need these funky little critters in my life. Givers of sweet, thick honey, bringers forth of the fruits from trees and bushes and who knew what else, they also gave more food for thought than a body could know what to do with. -from "A Keeper of Bees" Allison Wallace's devotion to honeybees and their amazing, intensely lived lives started years ago, when she was living in a cabin in the North Carolina woods. Ever since then, wherever she has called home, Wallace has kept company with bees. Now she gives us the honeybee in all its glory, dancing "the great, never fully knowable ecological dance," striving like other creatures and plants to be all it can be in its short life. With a philosopher's perception and a scientist's knowledge, Wallace interweaves the facts of honeybee biology with reflections on desire, intimacy, work, evolution, memory, and home. She shares the thrill of intimately observing thousands of busy bees cozily ensconced in their brilliantly designed, perfectly weatherproofed hive. She muses on the female workers' unceasing activity, and on the male drones' idleness as each awaits his acrobatic midair mating with the queen, followed by his instant death. She marvels at the cosseted queen, upon whom the future of the hive depends.

LC Classification NumberSF523.82.W35.A3 2006