Honey bees

In theory, our bees should do beautifully in their hives. But it is strange that this is not the case. Bees often do not do well and beekeepers are not happy either. But this book proves that we can still find strong and healthy bee colonies in our forests, even in coexistence with many animals that the beekeeper considers parasites.

Unnoticed by humans, bees live where their natural home once was. They thrive in tree cavities for many years, adapted to their natural living conditions. But how do they really live in the forest and why don't they suffer from as many diseases as bees in hives?

Award-winning nature photographer Ingo Arndt and renowned bee expert Professor Jürgen Tautz describe the mysterious life of wild honey bees for the first time in this comprehensive work. The unique, never-before-published images, which are engagingly interpreted by the authors, bring to light many unknown ways of bee behaviour.

Based on many years of observation in the forest, they also give us new suggestions on how to approach bee colonies today.