The Lives of Bees : : The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild / / Thomas D. Seeley.
How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee coloniesHumans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley&...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 72 color + 38 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bees in the Forest, Still
- 3. Leaving the Wild
- 4. Are Honey Bees Domesticated?
- 5. The Nest
- 6. Annual Cycle
- 7. Colony Reproduction
- 8. Food Collection
- 9. Temperature Control
- 10. Colony Defense
- 11. Darwinian Beekeeping
- Notes
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index