Bee time : lessons from the hive /
Winston, Mark L.
Bee time : lessons from the hive / Mark L. Winston. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (283 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Beginning with bees -- Honey -- Killer bees -- A thousand little cuts -- Valuing nature -- Bees in the city -- There's something bigger than Phil -- Art and culture -- Being social -- Conversing -- Lessons learned from the hive.
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.
9780674503908
Bee culture--Social aspects.
Honeybee--Social aspects.
Honeybee--Behavior.
Bees (Cooperative gatherings)
Electronic Books.
SF523 / .B448 2014
Bee time : lessons from the hive / Mark L. Winston. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (283 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Beginning with bees -- Honey -- Killer bees -- A thousand little cuts -- Valuing nature -- Bees in the city -- There's something bigger than Phil -- Art and culture -- Being social -- Conversing -- Lessons learned from the hive.
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.
9780674503908
Bee culture--Social aspects.
Honeybee--Social aspects.
Honeybee--Behavior.
Bees (Cooperative gatherings)
Electronic Books.
SF523 / .B448 2014