The Life of the Bee

Maurice Maeterlinck’s Life of the Bee is a classic of its kind, and was the first book on bees to introduce the term the ‘spirit of the hive.’ This ageless work gives the reader a poetic and lively look into the life of bees, as well as a reflection upon the human condition. In this book Maeterlinck succeeds in showing us that “no living creature, not even man, has achieved in the center of his sphere, what the bee has achieved.” From their incredible hive architecture to their essential sense of self-sacrifice, Maeterlinck takes a “bee’s-eye view” of the most orderly society on Earth.NOTE: This edition by Azafran Books was published in January 2017 and has been re-edited and formatted by a team of dedicated real people – not an algorithm! This edition is NOT from a scanned copy with original errors. PLEASE regard all reviews prior to our publication date as referring to other editions, which may have typographical errors. Our books have been carefully re-published to the highest of standards.