The bee : a natural history / Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich with Kelly Allin, Norman Carreck & Dr. Andrea Quigley.
"Bees pollinate more than 130 fruit, vegetable, and seed crops that we rely on to survive. Bees are crucial to the reproduction and diversity of flowering plants, while the economic contributions of these irreplaceable insects are measured in the tens of billiions of dollars each year. Yet bees are...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Physical Description: | 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
| Summary: |
"Bees pollinate more than 130 fruit, vegetable, and seed crops that we rely on to survive. Bees are crucial to the reproduction and diversity of flowering plants, while the economic contributions of these irreplaceable insects are measured in the tens of billiions of dollars each year. Yet bees are dying at an alarming rate, threatening food supplies and ecosystems around the world. In this richly illustrated natural history of the bee, Noah Wilson-Rich and his team of bee experts provide a window into the vitally important role that bees play in the life of our planet."--Page [4] of cover. |
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| Call Number: | QL568.A6 W557 2014 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691161358 0691161356 9781782401070 1782401075 |