{"product_id":"bees","title":"Bees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoney bees, bumblebees, mining bees, dwarf bees, carpenter, leafcutter and mason bees: bees come in many different types, with more than 16,000 species worldwide. \u003ci\u003eBees\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding collection of photographs showing these fascinating insects in their natural habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBees\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding collection of photographs showing these fascinating insects in their natural habitat. Honey bees, bumblebees, mining bees, dwarf bees, carpenter, leafcutter and mason bees: bees come in many different types, with more than 16,000 species worldwide. The bees we are most familiar with, bumblebees and honey bees, live in colonies and play a major role in pollinating the crops, plants and flowers around us. \u003cbr\u003eAnd bees produce honey – reputedly the food of the gods – a function of bees’ lifecycle, which humans have exploited for millennia. Many bees today are domesticated, and beekeepers collect honey, beeswax, pollen, and royal jelly from hives for human use. A typical bee produces a teaspoon of honey (about 5 grams) in her lifetime. Bees can communicate many ways through the movement of their wings and bodies – most famously, with the ‘waggle dance’, where they make figure-of- eight circles to let other bees know the direction and distance of nectar. \u003cbr\u003eWith full captions explaining how bees live, function communally, communicate, feed and reproduce, \u003ci\u003eBees\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful examination in 190 outstanding colour photographs of mankind’s favourite insect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amber Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53391577088273,"sku":"9781838860868","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_1ee25331-c2b8-4af3-88bc-b1f44a3e00da.jpeg?v=1776865973","url":"https:\/\/www.stablebookgroup.com\/products\/bees","provider":"Stable Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}