A Sting in the Tale A Sting in the Tale

A Sting in the Tale

    • 4.8 • 10 Ratings
    • £3.99

Publisher Description

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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 is now extinct in the UK, but still exists in the wilds of New Zealand, descended from a few queen bees shipped over in the nineteenth century.

A Sting in the Tale tells the story of Goulson's passionate drive to reintroduce it to its native land and contains groundbreaking research into these curious creatures, history's relationship with the bumblebee, the disastrous effects intensive farming has had on our bee populations and the potential dangers if we are to continue down this path.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2013
25 April
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House
SIZE
974.2
KB

Customer Reviews

DWCJH ,

Amusing and totally engaging

A thorough account of the academic work that continues abound and background of the worryingly realistic plight of the bumblebee. Told in an utterly engaging manner by someone you would want to meet and work with. Highly recommended, then plant something if not already done.

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