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Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees
. Ed(S): Vit, Patricia; Pedro, Silvia R. M.; Roubik, David W.
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Description for Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees
hardcover. The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attractive, fascinating, conspicuous and useful of all the insect groups of the tropical world. This book concentrates on honey and the stingless bees that produce it. Editor(s): Vit, Patricia; Pedro, Silvia R. M.; Roubik, David W. Num Pages: 654 pages, 71 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1142.
The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attractive, fascinating, conspicuous and useful of all the insect groups of the tropical world. This is a formidable and contentious claim but I believe it can be backed up. They are fifty times more species rich than the honey bees, the other tribe of highly eusocial bees. They are ubiquitous in the tropics and thrive in tropical cities. In rural areas, they nest in a diversity of sites and are found on the flowers of a broad diversity of crop plants. Their role in natural systems is barely studied but they ... Read more
The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attractive, fascinating, conspicuous and useful of all the insect groups of the tropical world. This is a formidable and contentious claim but I believe it can be backed up. They are fifty times more species rich than the honey bees, the other tribe of highly eusocial bees. They are ubiquitous in the tropics and thrive in tropical cities. In rural areas, they nest in a diversity of sites and are found on the flowers of a broad diversity of crop plants. Their role in natural systems is barely studied but they ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
654
Condition
New
Number of Pages
654
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461449591
SKU
V9781461449591
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99-15
Reviews for Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees
From the reviews: “This up-to-date treatise … contains an impressive amount of information about the stingless bees of the world. … contributors provide detailed information about the diversity, cultural and historical influence, biology, and ecology of these bees throughout the work. … it is a must-have for bee and honey researchers, students, and enthusiasts. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division ... Read more