Dave Goulson: A Sting in the Tale, Kartoniert / Broschiert
A Sting in the Tale
- My Adventures with Bumblebees
- Verlag:
- Random House UK Ltd, 04/2014
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780099575122
- Artikelnummer:
- 3960889
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2014
- Gewicht:
- 212 g
- Maße:
- 198 x 130 mm
- Stärke:
- 22 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 24.4.2014
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Kurzbeschreibung
One man s quest to save the bumblebee
Beschreibung
A Sunday Times bestseller
Shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize
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 groundbreaking research into these curious creatures, history s relationship with the bumblebee, the disastrous effects intensive farming has had on our bee populations and the potential dangers if we are to continue down this path.
Rezension
"[Goulson s] book is not only enormously informative, but also hugely entertaining: its light touch and constant humour make cutting-edge research a pleasure to read about For anyone interested in the natural world, this is essential reading." Michael McCarthy Independent
Klappentext
Goulson, currently regarded as the leading bee expert in the UK media, is passionate about reintroducing the short-haired bumblebee to its native land - Britain. This book combines Gerald-Durrell-esque tales of a child's growing passion for nature with a deep insight into the crucial importance of the bumblebee - a creature of media preoccupation.
Biografie
Prof Dave Goulson has had a lifelong interest in insects, having started collecting butterflies as a small boy. After a degree in Biology at Oxford University and a PhD at Oxford Brookes University, he obtained a lectureship at the University of Southampton in 1995, where he stayed for 11 years. He is now Professor of Biological Sciences and Head of the School of Biological & Environmental Sciences at the University of Stirling. In 2006 he founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, a membership-based charity devoted to the active promotion of bee conservation in the UK; the trust now has 3,000 members.
