Asian Honey Bees : : Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions /

Asian Honey Bees : : Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions / / Siriwat Wongsiri, Benjamin P. Oldroyd.

The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research. But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift focus to the indigenous Asian honey bees. Benjamin Oldroyd, well known for his work on the genetics and evolution of worker st...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
VerfasserIn:
Oldroyd, Benjamin P.,
Wongsiri, Siriwat,
MitwirkendeR:
Seeley, Thomas D.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2006
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword by Thomas D. Seeley
  • Preface
  • 1. To Be a Honey Bee
  • 2. Introduction to the Species
  • 3. Evolution
  • 4. Speciation and Biogeography
  • 5. Dance Communication and Foraging
  • 6. Reproduction, Swarming, and Migration
  • 7. Worker Sterility, Kin Selection, and Polyandry
  • 8. Nesting Biology and Nest Defense
  • 9. Parasites, Pathogens, Predators, and a Plant
  • 10. Human Interactions
  • 11. Conservation
  • 12. Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix A. A Simple Key to the Workers of the Genus Apis
  • Appendix B. A Simple Key to the Parasitic Mesostigmatan Mites of Asian Honey Bees
  • Appendix C. The Names of the Honey Bee Species in Asian Languages
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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