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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Black Inc.

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781760640408

RRP: £16.99

PAGES: 288

PUBLICATION DATE:
September 3, 2018

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The Honey Factory: Inside the Ingenious World of Bees

Jurgen Tautz

Bee hives. They might look at first glance like seething anarchy, but the bees know exactly what they are doing. With astounding skill, precise expertise and impressive teamwork they carry out their plans. The Honey Factory plunges the reader into the life of a colony of bees and takes them on a tour of their ‘factory’. This is a world inhabited by headstrong individuals with clever methods and an amazing set of rules. Why aren’t male bees allowed to stay in their colony just as it is getting cosy? What lies behind the sexual excesses of a young queen bee? And how do all the bees in a hive come to collective decisions? The Honey Factory answers these questions and more. Combining the most fascinating discoveries and greatest secrets in bee research, it ultimately shows readers why bees are so precious and why humans and bees cannot survive without each other.

Reviews of The Honey Factory: Inside the Ingenious World of Bees

'An enriching read for anyone who is moved by the secret beauty of our world and who cares about the future of our ecosystems.' –Peter Wohlleben, international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees–Peter Wohlleben

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Jurgen Tautz

Jurgen Tautz is an internationally recognised expert on bees and professor emeritus at W3rzburg University. Since 2006 he has been in charge of the HOneyBee Online Studies (HOBOS) interdisciplinary project. Tautz has authored numerous publications and been awarded several prizes for his work in science education.Diedrich Steen is a publishing director. Bees have been kept in his family for over 100 years, and he has been an active beekeeper himself for twenty years.