We think of bees as being among the busiest workers in the garden, admiring them for their productivity. But amid their buzzing, they are also great communicators and unusual dancers. As Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) discovered during World War II, bees communicate the location of…
" ... The vast majority of bee species on earth live solitary lives. A single female constructs her own nest, defends it against intruders, parasites, and predators, and forages for pollen, nectar, or floral oils as food for her offpsring ... Solitary bees are fascinating ... [e…
"... The vast majority of bee species on earth live solitary lives. A single female constructs her own nest, defends it against intruders, parasites, and predators, and forages for pollen, nectar, or floral oils as food for her offpsring ... Solitary bees are fascinating ... [ex…
The Solitary Bees uses a modern phylogenetic framework to shed new light on the life histories and evolution of solitary bees. It explains the foraging behavior of solitary bees, their development, and competitive mating tactics. The book describes how they construct complex nes…
"'The Solitary Bees' uses a modern phylogenetic framework to shed new light on the life histories and evolution of solitary bees. It explains the foraging behavior of solitary bees, their development, and competitive mating tactics. The book describes how they construct complex …
The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary bees while social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the world. The vast majority of bees lead solit…
The little book of bees
by Weiss, Karl, Vergara, Carlos H.
fromLittle book series (New York, N.Y.)
The little book of bees
by Weiss, Karl, Vergara, Carlos H.
fromLittle book series (New York, N.Y.)
The little book of bees
by Weiss, Karl, Vergara, Carlos H.
fromLittle book series (New York, N.Y.)
The more we learn about bees, the more extraordinary they seem. They have five eyes. Their fertilized eggs hatch as females; unfertilized eggs become males. They beat their wings at a rate of almost 200 cycles per second, but fly at only 10 or 15 miles per hour. In the course of…
The little book of bees
by Weiss, Karl, Vergara, Carlos H.
fromLittle book series (New York, N.Y.)
"People generally think of bees as insects that fly out of hives and make us honey. Actually, there are many hundreds of bee species, most of which live rather hidden from our view. The little book of bees gives an insight into the life of both honeybees and wild bees to anyone …
"It is commonly accepted that bees display a rich repertoire of coordinated social behaviors, but can we call them intelligent? In this book Lars Chittka-- perhaps the world authority on bee cognition -- argues that bees indeed possess remarkable cognitive ability. Drawing on de…
"Most of us are aware of the hive mind--the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have rema…
A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees. Most of us are aware of the hive mind--the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, i…