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Insects

    The best books on Honeybees, recommended by Helen Jukes

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    The best books on Honeybees - Natural History by Pliny the Elder

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    Natural History
    by Pliny the Elder

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    The best books on Honeybees - The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting by Eva Crane

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    The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting
    by Eva Crane

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    The best books on Honeybees - Sweetness & Light by Hattie Ellis

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    Sweetness & Light
    by Hattie Ellis

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    The best books on Honeybees - The Buzz About Bees by Jürgen Tautz

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    The Buzz About Bees
    by Jürgen Tautz

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    The best books on Honeybees - Beekeeping journals from the 1940s

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    Beekeeping journals from the 1940s

  • The best books on Honeybees - Natural History by Pliny the Elder
  • The best books on Honeybees - The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting by Eva Crane
  • The best books on Honeybees - Sweetness & Light by Hattie Ellis
  • The best books on Honeybees - The Buzz About Bees by Jürgen Tautz
  • The best books on Honeybees - Beekeeping journals from the 1940s

The best books on Honeybees, recommended by Helen Jukes

Humanity has a long history of keeping bees. But what do we really know about them? Beekeeping memoirist Helen Jukes selects five books that examine both the behaviour of bees as individuals and colonies as ‘superorganisms.’

The best books on Honeybees, recommended by Helen Jukes

    The best books on Bugs, recommended by May Berenbaum

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    The best books on Bugs - For Love of Insects by Thomas Eisner

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    For Love of Insects
    by Thomas Eisner

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    The best books on Bugs - Life on a Little Known Planet by Howard Ensign Evans

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    Life on a Little Known Planet
    by Howard Ensign Evans

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    The best books on Bugs - Introduction to the Study of Insects by Charles Triplehorn and Norman F Johnson

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    Introduction to the Study of Insects
    by Charles Triplehorn and Norman F Johnson

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    The best books on Bugs - Encyclopedia of Insects by Vincent H Resh and Ring T Cardé

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    Encyclopedia of Insects
    by Vincent H Resh and Ring T Cardé

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    The best books on Bugs - The Insect Societies by Edward O. Wilson

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    The Insect Societies
    by Edward O. Wilson

  • The best books on Bugs - For Love of Insects by Thomas Eisner
  • The best books on Bugs - Life on a Little Known Planet by Howard Ensign Evans
  • The best books on Bugs - Introduction to the Study of Insects by Charles Triplehorn and Norman F Johnson
  • The best books on Bugs - Encyclopedia of Insects by Vincent H Resh and Ring T Cardé
  • The best books on Bugs - The Insect Societies by Edward O. Wilson

The best books on Bugs, recommended by May Berenbaum

Insects outnumber us, outweigh us, and without them ecosystems would collapse. In short, we live on their planet. The entomologist explains why we should value bugs more – even, or especially, the carrion beetles and dung feeders

The best books on Bugs, recommended by May Berenbaum

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