The Solitary Bees : : Biology, Evolution, Conservation / / Bryan N. Danforth, Frances Fawcett, John L. Neff, Robert L. Minckley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Danforth, Bryan N.,; Minckley, Robert L.,; Neff, John L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)

The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary beesWhile 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 solitary lives, surviving w...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• CHAPTER 1. Introduction
• CHAPTER 2. Bee Phylogeny, Bee Diversity, and the Distinction between Solitary and Social Bees
• CHAPTER 3. The Solitary Bee Life Cycle
• CHAPTER 4. Alternative Male Mating Tactics: The Race to Be First and the Race to Be Last
• CHAPTER 5. The Surprising Utility of Males
• CHAPTER 6. Nest Architecture and Brood- Cell Construction
• CHAPTER 7. The Tools of the Trade: Floral Rewards and How Bees Harvest Them
• CHAPTER 8. Foraging and Provisioning Behavior
• CHAPTER 9. The Microcosm of the Brood Cell: A Bestiary of In- Nest Mutualists
• CHAPTER 10. Brood-Parasitic (Cuckoo) Bees
• CHAPTER 11. Non-Bee Parasites and Predators
• CHAPTER 12. Bees and Plants: Love Story, Arms Race, or Something in Between?
• CHAPTER 13. Solitary Bees and Agricultural Pollination
• CHAPTER 14. Threats to Solitary Bees and Their Biological Conservation
• CHAPTER 15. Epilogue: The Scala Naturae
• Literature Cited
• Subject Index
• Taxonomic Index