Solitary Bees (New Naturalist 146), Ten Benton & Nick Owens

Solitary Bees (New Naturalist 146), Ten Benton & Nick OwensNew Hardback A completely up to date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain. Bees, for most people, mean honey or bumble bees, but in fact these social species make up only a small proportion of the species that live in Britain. Open your eyes to the so called solitary bees, and discover a wonderfully diverse population miners, leafcutters, carpenters and masons many of which can be found in your own back garden. Solitary bees come

asking what the plants get from the relationship

the RAF's air-to-air refuelling tanker aircraft that made much of the air component of the operation feasible

In one of the most sensational and perplexing incidents in naval history

but transcended the loss of its wider political power to enjoy a prosperous civic afterlife

A near catastrophic catapult launch of a new naval aircraft

Some can kill prey larger than themselves

he avoided being called up into the Polish army in exile thanks to the timely intervention of no less a man than General Sikorski himself

the pair might find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies

this is nature experienced wholly and acutely

rolling through hurricanes and alongside homeless cycling tramps

He claimed 'I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere

Vaughan Williams and Britten - until now