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    Following the wild bees : the craft and science of bee hunting / Thomas D. Seeley ; design and photographic assistance by Megan E. Denver ; line drawings by Margaret C. Nelson.

    By: Seeley, Thomas D [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]Description: xviii, 164 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691170268; 0691170266Subject(s): Bee hunting | Bee hunting | Bee huntingDDC classification: 595.79/9 LOC classification: SF537 | .S44 2016
    Contents:
    The bee box and other tools -- Bee-hunting season -- Establishing a beeline -- Timing bees to estimate distance to home -- Making moves down the beeline -- Finding the bee tree -- On not "taking up" the bee tree.
    Summary: Following the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today. Thomas Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, vividly describes the history and science behind this lost pastime and how anyone can do it.Summary: Join Seeley in a foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today. He vividly describes the history and science behind this lost pastime and how anyone can do it. In doing so, he explores the biology of wild honey bees and gives insights into the behavior of honey bees living in the wild.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    The bee box and other tools -- Bee-hunting season -- Establishing a beeline -- Timing bees to estimate distance to home -- Making moves down the beeline -- Finding the bee tree -- On not "taking up" the bee tree.

    Following the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today. Thomas Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, vividly describes the history and science behind this lost pastime and how anyone can do it.

    Join Seeley in a foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today. He vividly describes the history and science behind this lost pastime and how anyone can do it. In doing so, he explores the biology of wild honey bees and gives insights into the behavior of honey bees living in the wild.

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