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Lessons from the Hive

Mark L. Winston

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$24.95 • £19.95 • €22.50

ISBN 9780674368392

Publication Date: 10/06/2014

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296 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Prologue: Walking into the Apiary
1. Beginning with Bees
2. Honey
3. Killer Bees
4. A Thousand Little Cuts
5. Valuing Nature
6. Bees in the City
7. There’s Something Bigger than Phil
8. Art and Culture
9. Being Social
10. Conversing
11. Lessons from the Hive
Epilogue: Walking out of the Apiary
References
Acknowledgments
Index

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Awards & Accolades

2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-fiction, Canada Council for the Arts

2014 Science in Society General Book Award, Canadian Science Writers’ Association

A 2016 “Five of the Best Books about Nature” Selection, Country & Town House [UK]

A CBC Books Best Book of 2015

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