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The book of bees

Title:

The book of bees / Piotr Socha ; text by Wojciech Grajkowski.

Author/Creator:

Socha, Piotr, illustrator.

Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, [2016].

Physical description:

71 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 38 cm.

Summary:

How do bees communicate? What does a beekeeper do? Did you know that Napoleon loved bees? Who survived being stung by 2,443 bees? This book answers all these questions and many more, tracking the history of bees from the time of the dinosaurs to their current plight.

ISBN:

9780500650950 (hardback)

0500650950 (hardback)

Subjects:

Bees -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.

Bees -- Miscellanea -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.

Bees -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature.

Other Authors/Creators:

Grajkowski, Wojciech, author.

Record ID:

SD_ILS:1211425

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Summary

How do bees communicate? What does a beekeeper do? Did you know that Napoleon loved bees? Who survived being stung by 2,443 bees?

This encyclopaedic book answers all these questions and many more, imparting masses of information with a light, humorous touch, and in scorers of vibrant illustrations. Piotr Socha tracks the history of bees from the time of the dinosaurs to their current plight, examining along the way the role bees have played in history and in the rest of the natural world.