A Buzz in the Meadow : The Natural History of a French Farm (Paperback)

from Eyejaybee

Dave Goulson's previous book, 'A Sting In The Tale' was a marvellous introduction to the life of the bumble bee, and proved to be an immensely informative, yet also highly entertaining book. Undaunted by the potential difficulty of following such a great book, Goulson has produced a successor tha...

from AliceaP

A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm was a logical choice. (Its predecessor, A Sting in the Tale, which focused on bees exclusively has now been added to the list.) This book focused on Goulson's quest to recreate a meadow with biodiversity of fauna and flora on a plot of la...

from PDCRead

A decade ago Goulson decided to buy a derelict farm deep in the French countryside with 33 acres of land so he could realise the dream of creating a place for his beloved bumblebees to live and thrive. But as he works on the farm and the land he comes to realise there is a lot more going on in wh...

from dieseltaylor

A riveting book from beginning to end. The start is quite bucolic and restful with enormous amounts of interesting facts woven into the story of his derelict farm in France. The end though reveals the very dark side of neonics and Defra's supine showing. Every reader should be rightly angered at ...

from dieseltaylor

A riveting book from beginning to end. The start is quite bucolic and restful with enormous amounts of interesting facts woven into the story of his derelict farm in France. The end though reveals the very dark side of neonics and Defra's supine showing. Every reader should be rightly angered at ...