Stephen L Buchmann

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1) The reason for flowers: their history, culture, biology, and how they change our lives

Author

Buchmann, Stephen L

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

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An exploration of the roles flowers play in the production of our foods, spices, medicines, and perfumes reveals their origins, myriad shapes, colors, textures and scents, bizarre sex lives, and how humans-- and the natural world-- relate and depend upon them.

2) What a bee knows: exploring the thoughts, memories, and personalities of bees

Author

Buchmann, Stephen L

Publisher

Island Press

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

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"The next time you hear the low buzzing sound of an approaching bee, look closer: the bee has navigated to this particular spot for a reason using a fascinating set of tools. She might be responding to scents on the breeze as her olfactory organs provide a 3D map of an object's location. She might be tracing the route based on her memories of a particular flower or the electrostatic traces left by other bees. What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts,...