"BUZZ: the nature and necessity of bees" @ Radio 4's Book of the Week

A great book about bees has come out: 

BUZZ: 

THE NATURE AND NECESSITY OF BEES

Basic Books, 2018

Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz, author and biologist Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young. From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, miners, leafcutters, and masons, bees have long been central to our harvests, our mythologies, and our very existence. They’ve given us sweetness and light, the beauty of flowers, and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And, alarmingly, they are at risk of disappearing.

As informative and enchanting as the waggle dance of a honeybee, Buzz shows us why all bees are wonders to celebrate and protect. Read this book and you’ll never overlook them again.

Buzz - Thor Hanson

And it's now being read on Radio 4 every morning this week:
BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Buzz 

See also:
Futures Forum: How to entice more creatures into your own garden
Futures Forum: Banning neonicotinoids to "save bees" ... but questions remain around the science, as the ban "is already forcing farmers to switch to older, broadly sprayed pesticides that are much worse for bees and have to be used in much greater quantities."
Futures Forum: Join the Great British Bee Count!
Futures Forum: Bees
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