Buzz

From the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round. Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous essential and for the most part unseen. While we might overlook them they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young. From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers miners leafcutters and masons bees have long been central to our harvests our mythologies and our very existence. They've given us sweetness and light the beauty of flowers and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And alarmingly they are at risk of disappearing. As informative and enchanting as the waggle dance of a honeybee Buzz shows us why all bees are wonders to celebrate and protect. Read this book and you'll never overlook them again.