Insects category: 384 books
An Obsession With Butterflies
Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2009
Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession. She reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies and introduces us to the legendary...
Backyard Farming: Keeping Honey Bees
From Hive Management to Honey Harvesting and More
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
**Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here!
Make beekeeping a part of your backyard farming experience: enjoy honey, beeswax and a more fruitful garden, as your bees will work as hard as you do to make your backyard farm a success!**
Backyard Farming: Keeping Honey Bees is your...
Letters from the Hive
An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
They work hard, are devoted to family, love sex, and know the importance of a good piece of real estate. Honey bees, and the daily workings of their close-knit colonies, are one of nature's great miracles. And they produce one of nature's greatest edible bounties: honey. More than just a palate pleaser,...
Honeybee
Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Marina Marchese's inspirational and practical story of learning to raise honeybees and creating a life she loves.
"[An] engaging, delightfully informative work." - Publishers Weekly
"Marchese has given us a lovely gift. Honeybee is an entertaining and useful primer for the novice and...
Following the Wild Bees
The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural world
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....
The Curious World of Bugs
The Bugman's Guide to the Mysterious and Remarkable Lives of Things That Crawl
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
If you've ever wondered what that leggy, buzzing creature was in your bathroom (or backyard, bed, or pantry), perhaps you've come across WhatsThatBug.com, where people around the world go to ask "What's that bug?" From mating African beetles to the tiniest of bedbugs, Daniel Marlos (The...
by Steve Woodhall
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Designed for easy identification in the field, Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa features all of South Africa’s more than 660 butterfly species. Species entries provide details of identification plus a brief account of habits, flight periods, broods, typical habitat, distribution and larval...
What's that Butterfly?
A starter’s guide to butterflies of South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
"What’s that Butterfly? makes identifying butterflies easy! Designed with the beginner in mind, the book arrnages butterflies into groups that have broadly similar appearance and habits, including groups that are difficult to identify and those that are particularly hard to track down. Readers...
Caterpillars of Eastern North America
A Guide to Identification and Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2010
This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and two dozen line drawings include numerous exceptionally striking images. The giant silk moths, tiger moths, and many...
by Carrol L. Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts an astonishing array of plants and animals—over half a million species! Ecotourists, birders, and biologists come from around the world, drawn by the likelihood of seeing more than three or four hundred species of birds and other animals...
The Book of Beetles
A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred of Nature's Gems
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
When renowned British geneticist J. B. S. Haldane was asked what could be inferred about God from a study of his works, Haldane replied, “An inordinate fondness for beetles.” With 350,000 known species, and scientific estimates that millions more have yet to be identified, their abundance is indisputable...
by Tickner Edwardes
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Originally published in 1908, this is one of the earliest books on bee keeping and the natural history of the honey bee, with information on its natural history, bee society, anatomy, bee keeping, and much more. Full of fascinating information and detailed explanations, this timeless volume will be...
Filmer's Spiders
An Identification Guide for Southern Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011
Fully revised and updated, Filmer’s Spiders: an Identification Guide to Southern Africa features all 63 families of spider that occur in this region. A fresh layout, full-colour photographs throughout – many of them new – and diagrams of diagnostic features make this a quick and easy guide for...
Spiders and Their Kin
A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
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This introduction to the diverse yet little known world of spiders is packed with concise, accurate information. With full-color pictures and readable text, this guide identifies representative...