Bee Journal (The Birds and the Bees) (Paperback)

Paperback. The Birds and the Bees series from Vintage Classics - beautiful editions of the finest British nature writingBee Journal is a poem-journal of beekeeping that chronicles the life of the hive.It observes the living architecture of the comb, the range and locality of the colony; its flights, flowers, water sources, parasites, lives and deaths. Because of its genesis as a working journal, there is here an unusual intimacy and scrutiny of life and death in nature. The language is dense and clotted, the imagery thrillingly fresh, and the observing eye close, scrupulous and full of wonder.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR Bee Journal is a poem-journal of beekeeping that chronicles the life of the hive. Because of its genesis as a working journal, there is here an unusual intimacy and scrutiny of life and death in nature. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.