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Biogeography and Taxonomy of Honeybees
Friedrich Ruttner
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Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, 106 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 478.
Honeybees are as small as flies or as large as hornets, nesting in nar row cavities of trees and rocks or in the open on large limbs of trees 30 m above ground. They occur in tropical zones and in the forests of the Ural mountains, they survive seven months of winter and even longer periods of drought and heat. Historically, they lived through a extended time of stagnation in the tropics from the mid-Tertiary, but then experienced an explosive evolution during the Pleistocene, re sulting in the conquest of huge new territories and the origin of two dozen subspecies ... Read more
Honeybees are as small as flies or as large as hornets, nesting in nar row cavities of trees and rocks or in the open on large limbs of trees 30 m above ground. They occur in tropical zones and in the forests of the Ural mountains, they survive seven months of winter and even longer periods of drought and heat. Historically, they lived through a extended time of stagnation in the tropics from the mid-Tertiary, but then experienced an explosive evolution during the Pleistocene, re sulting in the conquest of huge new territories and the origin of two dozen subspecies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642726514
SKU
V9783642726514
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