Author: Dessi Jackson
Publisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1623954886
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
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When a young monk is assigned the task of tending to the monastery's bees, a unique friendship blooms. Based on the life of Saint Modomnoc, this children's book brings the past alive in its retelling of the history of The Church of the Beekeeper in Ireland. Bring a Catholic and Orthodox hero to life. For children ages 3-8. Features full-color illustrations and pop-up text
Author: Solomon (bp. of Basra)
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 335
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Author: Alexandra Schmalzbach
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ISBN: 9781944967888
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Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Did you know there was a saint who used a dogsled for transportation? Or a saint who turned down a marriage proposal from the Roman emperor? How about the saint who jumped from building to building during a siege to bring the Eucharist to his parishioners? Discover all of these stories and more in 101 Orthodox Saints. Written for children and those with a childlike curiosity, this visual encyclopedia will enhance your family's understanding and celebration of the saints of the Church. Each page is filled with illustrations, icons, graphics, and fascinating facts about the martyrs, monks, and mothers who boldly lived out their Faith to the glory of God.From Ancient Faith Publishing, your source for books on Orthodox Christianity.
Author: Mark L. Winston
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674503910
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Being among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes—from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax, to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the hive. The experience of an apiary slows our sense of time, heightens our awareness, and inspires awe. Bee Time presents Winston’s reflections on three decades spent studying these creatures, and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural world. Like us, honeybees represent a pinnacle of animal sociality. How they submerge individual needs into the colony collective provides a lens through which to ponder human societies. Winston explains how bees process information, structure work, and communicate, and examines how corporate boardrooms are using bee societies as a model to improve collaboration. He investigates how bees have altered our understanding of agricultural ecosystems and how urban planners are looking to bees in designing more nature-friendly cities. The relationship between bees and people has not always been benign. Bee populations are diminishing due to human impact, and we cannot afford to ignore what the demise of bees tells us about our own tenuous affiliation with nature. Toxic interactions between pesticides and bee diseases have been particularly harmful, foreshadowing similar effects of pesticides on human health. There is much to learn from bees in how they respond to these challenges. In sustaining their societies, bees teach us ways to sustain our own.
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Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations
Author: M. M. Ninan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781720409458
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Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Saint Ambrose is exactly represented by the bees. It is said that when he was a baby a swarm of bees covered his face. They flew in and out of his mouth, leaving honey on his tongue. Soon they flew away so high that they could no longer be seen. Since then he was a smooth talker so that even his enemies could not be angry with him. He is still known as the "Honey-Tongued Doctor," a pun on the saint's name (the word for honey in Latin is ambrosia); his preaching was said to be mellifluous, as sweet as flowing honey. "He was one of those," says St. Augustine, "who speak the truth, and speak it well, judiciously, pointedly, and with beauty and power of expression" (De doct. christ., iv,21).Like the honey bee, he will stand on his principles even against the emperors of his time. Can you imagine a bishop excommunicating the Emperor?. Finally he in actuality brought the emperor to his knees for forgiveness. Remember a generation ago, these emperors were feeding the Christians to the lions for fun. But it was all accomplished by the tongue. Ambrose wrote to the emperor: "I exhort, I beg, I entreat, I admonish you, because it is grief to me that the perishing of so many innocent is no grief to you," he wrote. "And now I call on you to repent." He forbade the emperor to attend worship until he prostrated himself at the altar. In the end the emperor died in the arms of this bishop. He was a voracious reader, with the uncanny ability to read with his mouth shut - a skill which was rare in those days of rarity of books. His wisdom and understanding is evidently seen in his volumes of writings - at a time when typewriters and computers were unknown. Probably early doctrines of Christianity were formed along with the rituals and chantings started with this genius. No wonder he is given the title of the Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church.
Author: Sam Droege
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 0760347387
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 163
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Get a little seen, up close look at these fuzzy, hard-working pollinators. There's plenty to learn about these little pollinators and their world.
Author: Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674041622
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research. But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift focus to the indigenous Asian honey bees. Benjamin Oldroyd, well known for his work on the genetics and evolution of worker sterility, has teamed with Siriwat Wongsiri, a pioneer of the study of bees in Thailand, to provide a comparative work synthesizing the rapidly expanding Asian honey bee literature. After introducing the species, the authors review evolution and speciation, division of labor, communication, and nest defense. They underscore the pressures colonies face from pathogens, parasites, and predators--including man--and detail the long and amazing history of the honey hunt. This book provides a cornerstone for future investigations on these species, insights into the evolution across species, and a direction for conservation efforts to protect these keystone species of Asia's tropical forests.
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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