In a Patch of Fireweed

A Biologist's Life in the Field

Bernd Heinrich

    Flight into the Forest

    Maine

    Tanganyika Bird Hunt

    The Thesis Hunt

    In a Patch of Fireweed

    Capitalist Bees

    Honeybee Swarms

    Africa Dung Beetles

    Whirligigs

    Caterpillar Diners

    Pit Trappers

    Bald-Faced Hunters

    Counting Yellowjackets

    Hunting Winter Moths

    Life on My Hill

  • Cover: In a Patch of Fireweed
  • A photo of the author

Bernd Heinrich is Professor of Biology at the University of Vermont. He has written several memoirs of his life in science and nature, including One Man’s Owl, and Ravens in Winter. Bumblebee Economics was twice a nominee for the American Book Award in Science, and A Year in the Maine Woods won the 1995 Rutstrum Authors’ Award for Literary Excellence.