When Bees Discover the Scientists Who Dedicated Their Lives to Studying Them
From Peter Kuper’s Illustrated Natural History, “Insectopolis”
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Excerpted from Insectopolis: A Natural History by Peter Kuper. Copyright © 2025 by Peter Kuper. Used with permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Insectopolis: A Natural History
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Peter Kuper
Peter Kuper wrote the Eisner Award–winning Ruins and critically acclaimed adaptations of Alice in Wonderland, Heart of Darkness, and Metamorphosis. He founded the political anthology World War 3 Illustrated, writes and draws Mad magazine’s Spy vs. Spy, and taught Harvard University’s first class dedicated to graphic novels and comics.
