The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us

Bee Wilson's study of her namesake is both a history of ideas and an exploration of the bee's impact on food and ritual. Beautifully illustrated, "The Hive" portrays a miniature universe and explores the human tendency to see ourselves in it. 60 photos.

Author: Bee Wilson
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 07/10/2007
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780312371241
ISBN10: 0312371241
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals | Insects & Spiders
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture | General

About the Author
Bee Wilson was a food critic of England's New Statesman for five years, and now writes a weekly column for The Sunday Telegraph. She was named Food Journalist of the Year in 2004 by the Guild of Food Writers for her column, two years after being named BBC Radio 4 Food Writer of the Year. She recently completed a research fellowship in the History of Ideas at St. John's College, Cambridge. She is married with two children, and The Hive is her first book.

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