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Bee
Of the ten million or so different species of insects on our planet, none is more fascinating than the honeybee. Magnified hundreds to thousands of times with a high resolution scanning electron microscope, honeybees become architectural masterpieces an elegant fusion of form and function. Now available in paperback, Bee presents sixty astonishing photographs of honeybee anatomy in magnifications ranging from 10x to 5000x. Rendered in stunning detail, these photographs uncover the strange beauty of the honeybee's pattern, form, and structure. Comprising 6,900 hexagonal lenses, their eyes resemble the structure of a honeycomb. The bee's six-legged exoskeleton is fuzzy with hairs that build up a static charge as it flies in order to electrically attract pollen. Wings clasp together with tiny hooks, and a double-edged stinger resembles a serrated hypodermic needle. These visual discoveries, made otherworldly through photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher's lens, expand the boundaries of our thinking about the natural world and stimulate our imaginations.
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128 pages, Paperback
First published April 28, 2010
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April 19, 2022
4.5 ⭐️
“Our most important pollinator, the ultimate synergist, an architect, spatial genius, winged apothecary, and the transmuter of the finest substance of nectar into honey.”
A visual closeup look at the honeybee and all of its body parts. 🐝
“Our most important pollinator, the ultimate synergist, an architect, spatial genius, winged apothecary, and the transmuter of the finest substance of nectar into honey.”
A visual closeup look at the honeybee and all of its body parts. 🐝
February 26, 2023
Stunning electron micrographs of all parts of the honeybee body.
January 5, 2011
60 black-and-white photos of honeybees at extremely close range. Using an electron microscope, Rose-Lynn Fisher captures eyes, wings, legs, antennae, and other body parts magnified from 10 to 5000 times.
The honeybee's body seems furry, but in fact it's covered in numerous hooks, spikes, and joints. At super-high resolution it looks like something completely mechanical. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, the honeybee is, in fact engineered for precise activities. Some of the more amazing photos detail hooks that join pairs of wings during flight, the bee's complex tongue and the minute scoop at the tip, and the complex eyes which include 6900 hexagonally-shaped lenses each.
Verlyn Klinkenborg's excellent introduction elaborates further, and each photo includes a short, informative caption.
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WHY I READ THIS BOOK: The winter is the beekeeper's best time to do research, and I'm doing my best to read up before the busy bee season arrives.
The honeybee's body seems furry, but in fact it's covered in numerous hooks, spikes, and joints. At super-high resolution it looks like something completely mechanical. After tens of thousands of years of evolution, the honeybee is, in fact engineered for precise activities. Some of the more amazing photos detail hooks that join pairs of wings during flight, the bee's complex tongue and the minute scoop at the tip, and the complex eyes which include 6900 hexagonally-shaped lenses each.
Verlyn Klinkenborg's excellent introduction elaborates further, and each photo includes a short, informative caption.
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WHY I READ THIS BOOK: The winter is the beekeeper's best time to do research, and I'm doing my best to read up before the busy bee season arrives.
December 27, 2011
2011 Book 126/100
Fabulous visual examination of honeybees. As another goodreader put it, this book is "60 black-and-white photos of honeybees at extremely close range. Using an electron microscope, Rose-Lynn Fisher captures eyes, wings, legs, antennae, and other body parts magnified from 10 to 5000 times." Totally intriguing in a way that I had no idea honeybees could be.
Fabulous visual examination of honeybees. As another goodreader put it, this book is "60 black-and-white photos of honeybees at extremely close range. Using an electron microscope, Rose-Lynn Fisher captures eyes, wings, legs, antennae, and other body parts magnified from 10 to 5000 times." Totally intriguing in a way that I had no idea honeybees could be.
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