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  • Danforth, Bryan N., author.
     
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  • Bees -- Behavior.
     
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  • Bees -- Ecology.
     
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  • Bees -- Phylogeny.
     
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  • Pollination by bees.
     
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    The solitary bees : biology, evolution, conservation / Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, John L. Neff ; with original artwork by Frances Fawcett.
    by Danforth, Bryan N., author.
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    Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
    Subjects
  • Bees -- Behavior.
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  • Bees -- Ecology.
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  • Bees -- Phylogeny.
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  • Pollination by bees.
  • ISBN: 
    9780691168982 (hardcover) :
    0691168989 (hardcover)
    Description: 
    xi, 472 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
    Contents: 
    1. Introduction -- 2. Bee phylogeny, bee diversity, and the distinction between solitary and social bees -- 3. The solitary bee life cycle -- 4. Alternative male mating tactics : the race to be first and the race to be last -- 5. The surprising utility of males -- 6. Nest architecture and brood-cell construction -- 7. The tools of the trade : floral rewards and how bees harvest them -- 8. Foraging and provisioning behavior -- 9. The microcosm of the brood cell : a bestiary of in-nest mutualists -- 10. Brood-parasitic (cuckoo) bees -- 11. Non-bee parasites and predators -- 12. Bees and plants : love story, arms race, or something in between? -- 13. Solitary bees and agricultural pollination -- 14. Threats to solitary bees and their biological conservation -- 15. Epilogue: The Scala naturae.
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