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Imprint: Vintage Digital
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Published: 04/09/2014
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ISBN: 9781473511187
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Length: 288 Pages
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RRP: £9.99
From the author of the Samuel Johnson Prize-shortlisted Sunday Times bestseller A Sting in the Tale
In 2003 Dave Goulson bought a derelict farm in the heart of rural France, together with 33 acres of surrounding meadow. Over the course of a decade, he created a place for his beloved bumblebees to thrive along with myriad insects of every kind.
In this book you will learn how a deathwatch beetle finds its mate, about the importance of houseflies, why butterflies have spots on their wings, about dragonfly sex, bed-bugs and wasps. But it is also a wake-up call, urging us to cherish and protect life on earth in all its forms. A Buzz in the Meadow is a captivating look at our natural world and a call to arms for nature-lovers everywhere.
‘Glorious’ The Times
‘Captivating’ Independent
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Imprint: Vintage Digital
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Published: 04/09/2014
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ISBN: 9781473511187
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Length: 288 Pages
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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"Wonderfully entertaining… Engages the reader as much with the eloquence of its argument as with the charm of its humour"
Mark Cocker, Mail on Sunday
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"Goulson writes with infectious enthusiasm… A lively and important read."
Ian Critchley, Sunday Times
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"Had me exclaiming with delight… Goulson’s book is juicy and delicious, layered with flavours and steeped in culture"
Daily Telegraph
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"Buy this book, give it as a present. It is required reading for being a human in the 21st century."
Matthew Cobb, professor of zoology at the Univerity of Manchester, New Scientist
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"A gripping account of the importance of insects to our environment…. Goulson has an easy-going style and an enthusiastic yet rigourous approach to material that could seem dry … Goulson’s patient attempts to establish a link between [bees’ colony collapse disorder and a new class of insecticide] become as gripping as any forensic thriller."
Suzi Feay, Financial Times
