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Author Danforth, Bryan N., author.
Title The solitary bees : biology, evolution, conservation / Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, John L. Neff ; with original artwork by Frances Fawcett.
Publisher Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]


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Descript 1 online resource (xi, 472 pages) : illustrations
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Contents Introduction -- Bee Phylogeny, Bee Diversity, and the Distinction between Solitary and Social Bees -- The Solitary Bee Life Cycle -- Alternative Male Mating Tactics : The Race to Be First and the Race to Be Last -- The Surprising Utility of Males -- Nest Architecture and Brood-Cell Construction -- The Tools of the Trade : Floral Rewards and How Bees Harvest Them -- Foraging and Provisioning Behavior -- The Microcosm of the Brood Cell : A Bestiary of In-Nest Mutualists -- Brood-Parasitic (Cuckoo) Bees -- Non-Bee Parasites and Predators -- Bees and Plants : Love Story, Arms Race, or Something in Between? -- Solitary Bees and Agricultural Pollination -- Threats to Solitary Bees and Their Biological Conservation -- Epilogue : The Scala Naturae.
ISBN 9780691189321 (electronic book)
0691189323 (electronic book)
9780691168982
0691168989
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Author Danforth, Bryan N., author.
Subject Bees.
Bees -- Behavior.
Pollination by insects.
Alt author Minckley, Robert L., author.
Neff, John L., 1947- author.
Fawcett, Frances (Frances L.), illustrator.
Descript 1 online resource (xi, 472 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Introduction -- Bee Phylogeny, Bee Diversity, and the Distinction between Solitary and Social Bees -- The Solitary Bee Life Cycle -- Alternative Male Mating Tactics : The Race to Be First and the Race to Be Last -- The Surprising Utility of Males -- Nest Architecture and Brood-Cell Construction -- The Tools of the Trade : Floral Rewards and How Bees Harvest Them -- Foraging and Provisioning Behavior -- The Microcosm of the Brood Cell : A Bestiary of In-Nest Mutualists -- Brood-Parasitic (Cuckoo) Bees -- Non-Bee Parasites and Predators -- Bees and Plants : Love Story, Arms Race, or Something in Between? -- Solitary Bees and Agricultural Pollination -- Threats to Solitary Bees and Their Biological Conservation -- Epilogue : The Scala Naturae.
ISBN 9780691189321 (electronic book)
0691189323 (electronic book)
9780691168982
0691168989
Author Danforth, Bryan N., author.
Subject Bees.
Bees -- Behavior.
Pollination by insects.
Alt author Minckley, Robert L., author.
Neff, John L., 1947- author.
Fawcett, Frances (Frances L.), illustrator.

Subject Bees.
Bees -- Behavior.
Pollination by insects.
Descript 1 online resource (xi, 472 pages) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Introduction -- Bee Phylogeny, Bee Diversity, and the Distinction between Solitary and Social Bees -- The Solitary Bee Life Cycle -- Alternative Male Mating Tactics : The Race to Be First and the Race to Be Last -- The Surprising Utility of Males -- Nest Architecture and Brood-Cell Construction -- The Tools of the Trade : Floral Rewards and How Bees Harvest Them -- Foraging and Provisioning Behavior -- The Microcosm of the Brood Cell : A Bestiary of In-Nest Mutualists -- Brood-Parasitic (Cuckoo) Bees -- Non-Bee Parasites and Predators -- Bees and Plants : Love Story, Arms Race, or Something in Between? -- Solitary Bees and Agricultural Pollination -- Threats to Solitary Bees and Their Biological Conservation -- Epilogue : The Scala Naturae.
Alt author Minckley, Robert L., author.
Neff, John L., 1947- author.
Fawcett, Frances (Frances L.), illustrator.
ISBN 9780691189321 (electronic book)
0691189323 (electronic book)
9780691168982
0691168989
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