Healthy Bee, Sick Bee
The Influence of Parasites, Pathogens, Predators and Pesticides on Honey Bees
$31.50
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2020
Summary
Phil Lester’s first book, The Vulgar Wasp, was about one of the world’s most hated insects. His second is about just the opposite—the honey bee, arguably one of our best-loved six-legged creatures.
People have revered honey bees for centuries. Today we celebrate them with toys, postage stamps, and campaigns to raise awareness; we dress up in large bee suits to protest the use of pesticides; we’ve even sent bees into space and watched as they adjusted to microgravity. Bees are…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776564057 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776564057 |
| Author: | PHIL LESTER |
| Publisher: | UPSTART PRESS |
| Imprint: | Victoria University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 528g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 167mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“If you want to learn about popping bee penises (and honestly, who doesn’t), and where not to get stung, then this is the book to read. But obviously this book contains much more than a string of very amusing anecdotes. Phil Lester not only shows us his love of honey bees, but also his deep knowledge of everything that plagues them. I can easily see this book becoming the go-to-book for anyone interested in honeybees and their demons, large and small. Highly recommended.” –Prof. Madeleine Beekman, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
“A very readable, enlightening text, interwoven with many delightful anecdotes and personal touches… . Incredibly well written, with persuasive evidence-based analyses. It will certainly change the way you view AFB and very potentially revolutionise the way AFB is both taught and monitored. I highly recommend this book.” –Judith de Wilde, New Zealand Beekeeper
PHIL LESTER
Phil Lester is a Professor in Ecology and Entomology at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the author of The Vulgar Wasp (VUP, 2018) and has published more than 140 articles on invasive ants, bees, and wasps and other insects in journals that include Biology Letters, Ecology, and Proceedings of the Royal Society. Phil sits on the editorial boards of several journals, including Biological Invasions. He has won Fulbright and Royal Society Te Aparangi James Cook Research Fellowships.
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