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Our Native Bees
- Author
- Paige Embry
- Narrator
- Emily Durante
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 28 September 2018
- Run Time
- 5 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: general interest, Technology: general issues, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest, Science: general issues, Apiculture (beekeeping), Insects (entomology), Zoology: invertebrates, Zoology and animal sciences, Agriculture and farming
What to expect
Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts, Embry explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture. The people and stories are compelling: Embry goes on a bee hunt with the world expert on the likely extinct Franklin’s bumble bee, raises blue orchard bees in her refrigerator, and learns about an organization that turns the out-of-play areas in golf courses into pollinator habitats.
For bee enthusiasts and anyone who us curious about the natural world, Our Native Bees is an illuminating exploration of the pollinators essential to our survival.
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- Author
- Paige Embry
- Narrator
- Emily Durante
- Duration
- 5 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 September 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977333902
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: general interest, Technology: general issues, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest, Science: general issues, Apiculture (beekeeping), Insects (entomology), Zoology: invertebrates, Zoology and animal sciences, Agriculture and farming
Synopsis
Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America's native bees—an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies—is just as crucial. Our Native Bees is the result of Paige Embry's yearlong quest to learn more about these forgotten, yet fundamental, creatures.Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts, Embry explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture. The people and stories are compelling: Embry goes on a bee hunt with the world expert on the likely extinct Franklin’s bumble bee, raises blue orchard bees in her refrigerator, and learns about an organization that turns the out-of-play areas in golf courses into pollinator habitats. For bee enthusiasts and anyone who us curious about the natural world, Our Native Bees is an illuminating exploration of the pollinators essential to our survival.
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