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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Main Authors: Wilson-Rich, Noah (Author), Allin, Kelly (Author), Carreck, Norman L. (Author), Quigley, Andrea (Author)
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Bees.
Bee culture.
Physical Description:224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Evolution & development
  • Anatomy & biology
  • Society & behavior
  • Bees & humans
  • Beekeeping
  • A directory of bees
  • The challenges faced by bees
  • Useful resources.