The Hive
The Story of the Honeybee and Us
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2004
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7195-6409-3 (ISBN)
John Murray Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7195-6409-3 (ISBN)
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With a cast of characters from Alexander the Great to Mohammed Ali, this book presents the story of the relationship between bees, their hive and the human world.
Ever since men first hunted for honeycomb in rocks and daubed pictures of it on cave walls, the honeybee has been seen as one of the wonders of nature: social, industrious, beautiful, terrifying. No other creature has inspired in humans an identification so passionate, persistent or fantastical. The Hive recounts the astonishing tale of all the weird and wonderful things that humans believed about bees and their 'society' over the ages. It ranges from the honey delta of ancient Egypt to the Tupelo forests of modern Florida, taking in a cast of characters including Alexander the Great and Napoleon, Sherlock Holmes and Mohammed Ali. The Hive is also a history of ideas, taking us through the evolution of science, religion and politics, and a social history which explores the bee's impact on food and human ritual. In this beautifully illustrated book, Bee Wilson shows how humans will always view the hive as a miniature universe with order and purpose, and look to it to make sense of their own.
Ever since men first hunted for honeycomb in rocks and daubed pictures of it on cave walls, the honeybee has been seen as one of the wonders of nature: social, industrious, beautiful, terrifying. No other creature has inspired in humans an identification so passionate, persistent or fantastical. The Hive recounts the astonishing tale of all the weird and wonderful things that humans believed about bees and their 'society' over the ages. It ranges from the honey delta of ancient Egypt to the Tupelo forests of modern Florida, taking in a cast of characters including Alexander the Great and Napoleon, Sherlock Holmes and Mohammed Ali. The Hive is also a history of ideas, taking us through the evolution of science, religion and politics, and a social history which explores the bee's impact on food and human ritual. In this beautifully illustrated book, Bee Wilson shows how humans will always view the hive as a miniature universe with order and purpose, and look to it to make sense of their own.
Bee Wilson is a food writer and historian. For five years she was the food critic of the New Statesman and now writes a weekly food column for the Sunday Telegraph. In 2002 she was named Radio 4 food writer of the year. She is currently a research fellow in the History of Ideas at St John's College, Cambridge. She is married, with two children. This is her first book.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.10.2004 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Throughout |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 32 mm |
| Gewicht | 434 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7195-6409-3 / 0719564093 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7195-6409-3 / 9780719564093 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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