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Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects

de Amy Stewart

In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world,

Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes-creatures

that infest, infect, and generally...

Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees: Honey Production, Pollination, Bee Health

de RichardE. Bonney & MalcolmT. Sanford

Everyone is buzzing about bees! Urban beekeeping is on the rise as swarms of people do their part to help nurture local food systems, make gardens more productive, connect with nature, and rescue honey bee populations...

A Short History of the Honey Bee: Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey

de Ilona McCarty & E. Readicker-Henderson

There are around 16,000 species of bee. Only seven of these are responsible for creating the world's sweetest treat - honey. Combining Ilona's gorgeous photography and E. Readicker-Henderson's engaging text,...

Attracting Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society Guide: Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies

de TheXercesSociety

The recent decline of the European honey bee and other pollinators in North America poses a serious challenge to our food supply and ecological health. About 75 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators...

Starting Right with Bees: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-36

de StoreyPublishingLLC

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles...

The Lore of the Honey Bee - Natural History and Bee-Keeping

de Tickner Edwardes

Originally published in 1908. One of the earliest books on bee keeping and the natural history of the honey bee. Contents Include: The Ancients and the Honey Bee The Isle of Honey Bee Masters in the Middle Ages...

First Lessons In Beekeeping

de C. P. Dadant

Originally published in 1917, this is a wonderful early work on beekeeping and contains much information and many photos. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are...

Ticks and What You Can Do About Them

de Roger Drummond

Describes all common, North America ticks and tick-related diseases, including symptoms and treatment. Learn how to avoid ticks, and how to remove them if they become attached. Maps show the geographic distribution...

Cottage Life's Green Bundle

de Cottage Life

Do you want to know how best to preserve the natural environment at your lakeside cottage or country retreat? This three-book bundle includes answers to questions Cottage Life readers have about being green....

Nature's Mysteries

de Cottage Life

Yes, there are some strange goings-on in the woods. Nature’s Mysteries is a collection of the natural oddities cottagers encounter in the wild, from unusual plants to peculiar animal behaviour and other intriguing...

Keeping Bees in Towns and Cities

de Luke Dixon

Keeping Bees in Towns and Cities features everything an urbanite needs to know to start keeping bees: how to select the perfect hive, how to buy bees, how to care for a colony, how to harvest honey, and what...

FIELD GUIDE TO INSECTS OF BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE

de Bob Gibbons

Written by well-known naturalists and photographers, this guide will enable the easy identification of around 1,000 of the more common insects found in the region. The carefully chosen selection represents all...

Insectopedia

de Hugh Raffles

A New York Times Notable Book

A stunningly original exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with whom we...

Spiders of Southern Africa

de Astri Leroy & John Leroy

Spiders of southern Africa provides sharp insight into the complex, mysterious and fascinating world of spiders. Reflecting the latest taxonomic information, this book discusses the origins of arachnids, their...

Filmer's Spiders: An Identification Guide for Southern Africa

de Martin R Filmer, Norman Larsen & Linda Duigan

Fully revised and updated, this book features all 63 families of spider that occur in this region. A fresh layout, full-colour photographs - many of them new - and diagrams of diagnostic features make this an...