Review: Brian Fagan on Tom Seeley, Bee Detective

Thomas Seeley became fascinated with wild honeybees at the age of eleven. He is now one of the world’s leading bee detectives. The most common bee species, Apis mellifera, has such an enormous range, all across the world, that no comprehensive account is practicable. Seeley focuses on wild colonies in the woodlands of Northeastern America, where bees ha…