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Winston, Mark L., author.

Title Bee time : lessons from the hive / Mark L. Winston.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource (283 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index.
Note	Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EbscoHost platform, viewed March 12, 2015).
Contents	Beginning with bees -- Honey -- Killer bees -- A thousand little cuts -- Valuing nature -- Bees in the city -- There's something bigger than Phil -- Art and culture -- Being social -- Conversing -- Lessons learned from the hive.
Summary	Bee Time presents Winston's reflections on three decades spent studying these creatures, and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural world. Like us, honeybees represent a pinnacle of animal sociality. How they submerge individual needs into the colony collective provides a lens through which to ponder human societies.
Awards	Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award Winner non-fiction, 2015 (Canada Council for the Arts).
Subject	Bee culture -- Social aspects.
	Honeybee -- Social aspects.
	Honeybee -- Behavior.
	Bees (Cooperative gatherings)
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
	NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Winston, Mark L. Bee time 9780674368392 (DLC) 2014008698 (OCoLC)875999934
ISBN	9780674503908 (electronic bk.)
	0674503902 (electronic bk.)

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