Bees: A Natural History
by O'Toole, C
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- ISBN 10
- 1770852085
- ISBN 13
- 9781770852082
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Ontario: Firefly Books, 2013. 240, 125 col photos. 279x216mm. HB. NEW. . This book immerses readers in the world of a group of insects whose diversity of form and behaviour is eloquent testimony to the fine-tuning of natural selection. An introduction to bees and their impressive diversity of size, form and behaviour. Sophisticated computing skills, fail-safe sun-compass orientation, a true sense of time and enviable fuel efficiency are just some of bees' remarkable characteristics. They can be found in high, alpine and sub-arctic regions, rainforest, savannahs, steppes and deserts. The greatest diversity of species occurs in shrub communities in regions with a Mediterranean-type climate: short mild winters, warm springs and hot dry summers.Written by an internationally recognized entomologist and specialist in bees, the books topics include:What are bees? -- bees as foragers, their nesting instinct, on-board computing facility, sun-compass orientation and sense of time. The many groups of bees -- solitary versus social, miners and masons, leafcutters and carpenters. Bees and flowering plants. The male of the species -- mating strategies, patrols, competition, territoriality, the role of scent. The enemies of bees -- cleptoparasites, cuckoo bees. Bees and People -- historic and contemporary. Bees in Folk and Modern Medicine. The Conservation of Bees -- the decline of honeybees, bees in human ecology, bee conservation, urban bees. Bee projects -- the backyard bee scientist. Appendix 1 -- Bee Families.. [9781770852082]
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- N25757
- Title
- Bees: A Natural History
- Author
- O'Toole, C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1770852085
- ISBN 13
- 9781770852082
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Place of Publication
- Ontario
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Aculeata; Hymenoptera; Apidae; Bees
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Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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