"The animal photographer Ingo Arndt and the behavioral biologist Jürgen Tautz take you on a highly informative journey that shows you the natural history of the honey bee, our best friend in the realm of insects, in breathtakingly beautiful pictures." - Thomas Seeley

Our forests are buzzing! Largely unnoticed by us humans, they still exist there, the wild honeybees. In tree hollows, they defy the seasons and are ideally adapted to their natural habitat. But how do they really live there and what makes them so successful? The multi-award-winning animal photographer Ingo Arndt and the renowned bee researcher Prof. Jürgen Tautz report on the mysterious life of wild honey bees for the first time in this comprehensive work. Not only do they show many unknown behaviors in never-before-seen, unique images and explain them in descriptive texts, but they also inspire us to take a fresh look at beekeeping