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    The Bee-Kind Garden: Apian Wisdom for Your Garden

    By David Squire

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    About this ebook

    Bees are vital for the future of the planet, for without their dedicated pollinating skills many crops would eventually fail. This delightfully illustrated book is a homage to bees, revealing many facets of their lives, including homes, flight patterns and defence. It also describes how to attract bees to your garden and, essentially, the art of talking to them!

    The lives of bees are interwoven with our own, but how much do you know about them?

    • Which scents do bees prefer?
    • How do bees transport pollen?
    • How far can bees fly?
    • Do specific colours attract bees?
    • Do bees prefer native flowers?

    Then there is honey – a near-miraculous elixir that in earlier generations was an integral part of life as a sweetener and food preserver. It can be fermented with water and yeast to create mead, a drink that has been enjoyed for thousands of years.

    This book is dedicated to bees and to ensuring that they continue to live in harmony with humans in bee-friendly gardens.

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    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher UIT Cambridge Ltd.
    Release dateSep 1, 2014
    ISBN9780857842169
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    The Bee-Kind Garden: Apian Wisdom for Your Garden
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    David Squire

    David Squire has a lifetime's experience with plants, both cultivated and native types. He studied botany and gardening at the Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Wisley, Surrey where he gained the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. Throughout his gardening and journalistic careers, David has written more than 80 books on plants and gardening. He has a wide interest in the uses of native plants for eating, survival, medicine, folklore and culture customs.

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