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The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild by Thomas D. Seeley

The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Hope (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild at common listening paces
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30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild is an audiobook by Thomas D. Seeley: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by William Hope, released May 28, 2019, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
William Hope
Released
May 28, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9780691193519

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild as an audiobook?

The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild?

The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild is narrated by William Hope.

Is The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.