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    Bee time : lessons from the hive / Mark L. Winston.

    • Title:Bee time : lessons from the hive / Mark L. Winston.
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    • Author/Creator:Winston, Mark L.
    • Published/Created:Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Bee culture--Social aspects.
      Honeybee--Social aspects.
      Honeybee--Behavior.
      Bees (Cooperative gatherings)
    • Medical Subjects: Bees
    • Description:283 pages ; 22 cm
    • Summary:Bee Time presents Winston's reflections on three decades spent studying these creatures, and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural world. Like us, honeybees represent a pinnacle of animal sociality. How they submerge individual needs into the colony collective provides a lens through which to ponder human societies.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index.
    • ISBN:9780674368392 (hbk.)
      0674368398 (hbk.)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Beginning with Bees
      2. Honey
      3. Killer Bees
      4. 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.
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