Insects Spiders category: 384 books
by Big Book of Photos
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!
Field Guide to Ticks
Prevention And Treatment Of Lyme Disease And Other Ailments Caused By Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, And Mites
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
The touchstone handbook for treating and preventing ailments from insidious bites
by Thomas D. Seeley
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal...
The Five Habits of Highly Effective Honeybees (and What We Can Learn from Them)
From Honeybee Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Studies of animal behavior have often been invoked to help explain and even guide human behavior. Think of Pavlov and his dogs or Goodall and her chimps. But, as these examples indicate, the tendency has been to focus on "higher," more cognitively developed, and thus, it is thought, more...
Gardening for Butterflies
How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
“No matter the size or shape of your growing area, this will guide you through creating a butterfly-friendly space.” —Mother Earth News
Welcome the world’s most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety...
Bees in America
How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2005
Honey bees--and the qualities associated with them--have quietly influenced American values for four centuries. During every major period in the country's history, bees and beekeepers have represented order and stability in a country without a national religion, political party, or language. Bees...
Keeping The Bees
Why All Bees Are at Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
A world without bees would be much less colourful, with fewer plants and flowers. But that's not all -- food would be in much shorter supply, and available in much less variety. While the media focuses on colony-collapse disorder and the threats to honey bees specifically, the real danger is much...
The Biggle Bee Book
A Swarm of Facts on Practical Beekeeping, Carefully Hived
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
“As long as I can remember, even as a boy, there were bees kept on our farm,” wrote Jacob Biggle in his preface to The Biggle Bee Book. “If for no other reason than to insure the proper fertilization of fruit and other blossoms, every farmer, fruit grower, or gardener should keep a few bees...
by W. F. Kirby
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
The wonder and beauty of butterflies and moths — including their miraculous transformations — have fascinated nature enthusiasts for thousands of years. Rendered from an exquisitely rare nineteenth-century portfolio, the butterfly hues and shapes that have dazzled humankind for centuries are displayed...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Aren't butterflies the prettiest insects that you can see? Well, they sure are; and this educational book is all about them! Learn about how butterflies transform from ugly caterpillars to the most magnificent winged creatures. Your child can learn a thing or two about physical appearances and how nature makes all things beautiful. Secure a copy today!
A Buzz in the Meadow
The Natural History of a French Farm
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
A CONSERVATIONIST'S DEEPLY PERSONAL AND FASCINATING REFLECTION ON OWNING AND REVITALIZING A FARM IN RURAL FRANCE
A Sting in the Tale, Dave Goulson's account of a lifetime studying bees, was a powerful call to arms for nature lovers everywhere. Brilliantly reviewed, it was shortlisted for the...
The Lives of Bees
The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world’s managed bee colonies
Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas...
by Lisa Daniel Rees, Marcia Parness, Diane Rath
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
I Know Bugs is a great introduction for 5-12 year olds to over 38 different insects. The non-fiction e-book includes beautiful close up photography and short descriptions in large print. A perfect introduction to entomology for children and juvenile readers. Great for reference and activities.
by C. B. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Highlighting the significance of the widespread distribution of the migratory habit throughout the insect world. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com This is a pioneer book, a real milestone in the progress of biology. Only in recent years have the scientists begun to realise the significance...