The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us Paperback - 2000
by Bee Wilson
Bee Wilson's study of her namesake is both a history of ideas and an exploration of the bee's impact on food and ritual. Beautifully illustrated, "The Hive" portrays a miniature universe and explores the human tendency to see ourselves in it. 60 photos.
From the jacket flap
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 Muhammed Ali.
The history of humans and honeybees is also a history of ideas, taking us through the evolution of science, religion, and politics, and a social history that 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.
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- Title The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us
- Author Bee Wilson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL, New York, NY
- Date 2000-09-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780312371241 / 0312371241
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (21.59 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Honeybee, Animals and civilization
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012382297
- Dewey Decimal Code 638.1
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