Translation of German book with same title. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: Man shall not live by bread alone -- Bees: a big business -- Bees in an ideal world -- Bees in the lab -- Customized bees -- Humans as bees -- Bees: an untamed force -- Bees of the future -- The origins of the documentary "More Than Honey." More Than Honey, the book based on the award-winning documentary of the same name, takes us on a global tour of the world of bees, introducing us along the way to killer bees, Frankenbees, beekeepers, and human pollinators. Markus Imhoof and Claus-Peter Lieckfeld examine both the history and current status of our relationship to and reliance on bees, and expose the human behaviours that are contributing to the decline of the bee population--a decline that could ultimately contribute directly to a world food problem.