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A sting in the tale my adventures with bumblebees

Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent, the short-haired bumblebee now only exists in the wilds of New Zealand, the descendants of a few queen bees shipped over in the nineteenth century. Dave Goulson's drive to reintroduce it to its native land is one of the highlights of a book that includes e...

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Main Author: Goulson, Dave (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Picador, 2014.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Goulson, Dave.
Bumblebees.
Bumblebees > Conservation.
Bumblebees > Effect of habitat modification on.
Short-haired bumblebee.
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Table of Contents:
  • The short-haired bumblebee
  • The bumblebee year
  • The hot-blooded bumblebee
  • A brief history of bees
  • Finding the way home
  • Comfrey and smelly feet
  • Tasmanian devils
  • Quinn and Toby, the bumblebee sniffer dogs
  • Bee wars
  • Cuckoo bumblebees
  • Bee enemies
  • The birds and the bees
  • Does size matter?
  • Ketchup and Turkish immigrants
  • Chez les bourdons
  • A charity just for bumblebees
  • Return of the queen
  • Appendix: Common and Latin names of British bumblebees.

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