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A Sting in the Tale

A Sting in the Tale Softcover - 2014

by Goulson, Dave

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Vintage Books, London, 2014. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. clean copy, showing no signs of handling, and without any writing. One man's quest to save the bumblebee. Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets and dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee and his mission to protect our rarest bees. 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 passionate drive to reintroduce it to its native land is one of the highlights of a book that includes exclusive research into these curious creatures, history's relationship with the bumblebee and advice on how to protect it for all time. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Natural History & Resources; Biological Sciences; Environment & Ecology. ISBN: 0099575124. ISBN/EAN: 9780099575122. Inventory No: 0263190. . 9780099575122
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  • Title A Sting in the Tale
  • Author Goulson, Dave
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good Condition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage Books, London
  • Date 2014
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0263190
  • ISBN 9780099575122 / 0099575124
  • Dewey Decimal Code 595.799

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From the publisher

DAVE GOULSON studied biology at Oxford University and is now Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Sussex. He has published over 190 scientific articles on bees, butterflies and other insects. He founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, whose groundbreaking conservation work won the Heritage Lottery Award for best Environmental Project. He was made ‘Social Innovator of the Year’ by the Biology and Biotechnology Research Council in 2010.

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DAVE GOULSON studied biology at Oxford University and is now Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Sussex. He has published over 190 scientific articles on bees, butterflies and other insects. He founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, whose groundbreaking conservation work won the Heritage Lottery Award for best Environmental Project. He was made Social Innovator of the Year by the Biology and Biotechnology Research Council in 2010."

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