Piotr Socha: The Book of Bees | Buch

Cover: 9780500650950 | The Book of Bees | Piotr Socha | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2016

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Piotr Socha is a graphic designer and illustrator, and the son of a beekeeper. He is one of Poland's most popular cartoonists, famous for his comic drawings in various prominent Polish magazines and newspapers.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. 100 millions years ago: bees and dinosaurs 2. How a bee is built 3. Types of bee and their functions 4. The Queen Bee and bee breeding 5. Bees' dancing and swarming 6. Honeycomb, contractions based on it and other examples of biomimetics 7. Pollination 8. Fruits and vegetables that rely on bees 9. Other secondary pollinators 10. First traces of contact between a man and a bee 11. Ancient Egypt 12. Greek divinities and honey in Greek mythology 13. Alexander and Poppea 14. Beehive Design 15. Early Slavs and Saint Ambrose 16. Napoleon and Josephine 17. Curiosities 18. Early honey harvesting 19. Honey harvesting and early honey-hunters 20. How a bee-hive is built 21. Beekeeper's clothing and tools 22. A beekeeper's work 23. Types of beehives 24. Figurative 25. Ethiopia and Cameroon 26. Asia 27. Honey-giving plants 28. Travelling apiaries 29. How honey's by-products are made 30. Types of honey and dishes in which it's used 31. Enemies of bees and lovers of honey 32. Bee sting 33. Vanishing bees and hand-pollination 34. Beehives in cities and hotels for pollinators 35. Curiosities

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Tiere/Jagen/Angeln
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780500650950
ISBN-10:	0500650950
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Socha, Piotr
Hersteller:	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	376 x 276 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Piotr Socha
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.09.2016
Gewicht:	0,958 kg