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Bee time : lessons from the hive / Mark L. Winston. by Winston, Mark L. Harvard University Press, 2014. Call #: 638.1 W783b Subjects Bee culture -- Social aspects.   Honeybee -- Social aspects.   Honeybee -- Behavior.   Beekeepers -- Anecdotes.   Governor General's Award. ISBN:  9780674368392 (hc.) Description:  283 pages ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index. 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:  Mark 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. Mark Winston is Academic Director of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Awards:  Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction (English), 2015. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 638.1 W783b Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 638.1 W783b Adult books Checked out Jul 18, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 638.1 W783b Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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