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The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck
5.0
No living creature, not even man, has achieved, in the centre of his sphere, what the bee has achieved in her own: and were some one from another world to descend and ask of the earth the most perfect creation of the logic of life, we should needs have to offer the humble comb of honey.
This book is a beautifully written treatise on the life of bees, the structure of their colonies and the formation of swarms, the perfection of the hexagonal comb cell, and their fascinating ways of reproduction. The book ends with a philosophical chapter on how bee societies compare with human ones in terms of progress as a species, adaptation to change, inventiveness and intelligence. A marvellous meditation on a species that can still teach us a thing or two.
This book is a beautifully written treatise on the life of bees, the structure of their colonies and the formation of swarms, the perfection of the hexagonal comb cell, and their fascinating ways of reproduction. The book ends with a philosophical chapter on how bee societies compare with human ones in terms of progress as a species, adaptation to change, inventiveness and intelligence. A marvellous meditation on a species that can still teach us a thing or two.