Dave Goulson

A Sting in the Tale (The Birds and the Bees)

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**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**One man's quest to save the bumblebee...Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets and dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee and his mission to protect our rarest bees.Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent, the short-haired bumblebee is now extinct in the UK, but still exists in the wilds of New Zealand, descended from a few queen bees shipped over in the nineteenth century. A Sting in the Tale tells the story of Goulson's passionate drive to reintroduce it to its native land and contains… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-78487-111-6
EAN: 9781784871116
Produktnummer: 19198966
Verlag: Vintage Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H13.2 cm x B17.7 cm x D2.3 cm 240 g
Gewicht: 240
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at University of Sussex. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers, The Garden Jungle and A Sting in the Tale, which was also shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize and has been translated into fifteen languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a trustee of Pesticide Action Network, and an Ambassador for the UK Wildlife Trusts.