Early Bird Discount for Books A'Sail

Thor will be the featured author on this year's Schooner Zodiac Books A'Sail Cruise from September 11-13, 2018.  This floating book club adventure departs from Bellingham, Washington to the San Juan Islands and will be hosted by owners of Bellingham's wonderful Village Books, Paul Hanson (no relation) and Kelly Evert.  An early bird discount is available to those who book by June 30th - just enter "VBSAILS" at checkout and receive 15% off!

New Paper on Digger Bees

Thor recently published a paper describing one of the largest digger bee sites ever discovered - a cliff containing over 130,000 nesting females!  These gentle, fascinating creatures have lost their ability to sting, defending themselves instead by mimicking the appearance of more aggressive bumblebees.  A full scientific account, co-authored with John Ascher of the National University of Singapore, can be found in The Pan-Pacific Entomologist.  In addition, Thor tells the story of discovering and studying these bees in a chapter of his new book, Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees.