The Mason-Bees
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In The Mason-Bees, the legendary French entomologist J. Henri Fabre turns his unparalleled powers of observation upon one of nature's most industrious and fascinating architects — the mason bee — revealing a world of extraordinary instinct, ingenuity, and biological wonder hidden in plain sight. With meticulous fieldwork conducted across the sun-baked landscapes of Provence, Fabre chronicles the nesting habits, larval development, and remarkable survival strategies of these solitary bees, presenting a narrative that is simultaneously rigorous in its scientific detail and deeply lyrical in its appreciation of the natural world. Part of the celebrated Works of J. H. Fabre series, this volume illustrates the author's singular ability to transform entomological observation into captivating prose, a quality that earned him the admiration of Charles Darwin himself. Translated into English by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, the text retains all of Fabre's characteristic warmth and philosophical depth, weaving questions of instinct versus intelligence throughout his empirical findings. For anyone who has ever paused to wonder at the hidden dramas playing out beneath our feet and around our gardens, this masterwork offers an answer both humbling and magnificent.
Author: J. Henri Fabre
Format: Hardback
Published: 1914, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In The Mason-Bees, the legendary French entomologist J. Henri Fabre turns his unparalleled powers of observation upon one of nature's most industrious and fascinating architects — the mason bee — revealing a world of extraordinary instinct, ingenuity, and biological wonder hidden in plain sight. With meticulous fieldwork conducted across the sun-baked landscapes of Provence, Fabre chronicles the nesting habits, larval development, and remarkable survival strategies of these solitary bees, presenting a narrative that is simultaneously rigorous in its scientific detail and deeply lyrical in its appreciation of the natural world. Part of the celebrated Works of J. H. Fabre series, this volume illustrates the author's singular ability to transform entomological observation into captivating prose, a quality that earned him the admiration of Charles Darwin himself. Translated into English by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, the text retains all of Fabre's characteristic warmth and philosophical depth, weaving questions of instinct versus intelligence throughout his empirical findings. For anyone who has ever paused to wonder at the hidden dramas playing out beneath our feet and around our gardens, this masterwork offers an answer both humbling and magnificent.