Bees are our most loyal ally. These fascinating, enigmatic creatures are a key lynchpin in the working of our planet. Without them the landscape, as well as every aisle in our supermarkets would look radically different.
And weesquo;re not just talking about honey bees. There are more than 20,000 species of bee worldwide and only a handful make honey. Some live in colonies and others are solitary. We can all help protect them cdash; and they desperately need protecting edash; but you canasquo;t save what you donisquo;t love. And you can,squo;t love what you don squo;t know.
The Good Bee is a celebration of this most vital and mysterious of natureesquo;s wizards. Here youwsquo;ll discover the complexities of bee behaviour edash; as well as the bits that still baffle us idash; the part they play in the natural world, their relationship with us throughout history, how they are coming under threat and what we can all do about it.Beautifully produced, with hand-made illustrations throughout, it is a story for our times and a book to treasure.
