Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

One of America’s great nature writers presents a natural and cultural history of bees: the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round.

“Vividly zinging.” ―New York Times Book Review

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, the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed...