For years entomologists, ecologists, and botanists interested in pollination problems have urged bee specialists to prepare a key for identifying bee genera in North and Central America. Although regional keys exist, this extensively field-tested reference is the first to facilitate identification to the genus level of bees throughout the Northern (American) Hemisphere. More than 500 drawings and photographs illustrate nearly every step in this key to the 169 genera, with text in both English and Spanish. In the ...
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For years entomologists, ecologists, and botanists interested in pollination problems have urged bee specialists to prepare a key for identifying bee genera in North and Central America. Although regional keys exist, this extensively field-tested reference is the first to facilitate identification to the genus level of bees throughout the Northern (American) Hemisphere. More than 500 drawings and photographs illustrate nearly every step in this key to the 169 genera, with text in both English and Spanish. In the introduction, the authors describe how researchers already familiar with bee genera can streamline their use of the keys. Along with the comprehensive classification and discussion of features, the authors also provide practical advice to students embarking on their first attempts at bee identification. The notes on each genus give its range (for North and Central America), number of species, references to any revisional studies, subgenera, if any, and distinguishing features. The book indicates nest sites for those bees that do not nest in the ground and identifies hosts for socially parasitic and cleptoparasitic genera. The authors list changes in classification and nomenclature and summarize the current classification by genera and subgenera. The Bee Genera of North and Central America offers in one convenient volume an unprecedented compendium for entomologists, ecologists, beekeepers, and scientists involved in pollination studies.
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Seller's Description:
Good+; Hardcover, Missing Jacket; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Light wear to the covers; Library stamps to the endpapers; Text pages are clean & unmarked; Binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 2.4 lbs; Yellow cloth covers with title in black lettering along the spine; 1994, Smithsonian Inst Press; 304 pages; "The Bee Genera of North and Central America: Hymenoptera Apoidea (English and Spanish Edition), " by Charles D. Michener, et al.
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Ex-Library-Good in Ex-Library-Good jacket. 8.75 x 11.25. English and Spanish text. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Book and dust jacket have minor wear. Binding tight. vii + 209 pages including 3 appendices and index. identification to the genus level bees with comprehensive classification and discussion of features, gives range, number of species, subgenera, distinguishing features, nest sites, hosts for socially parasitic and cleptoparasitic genera. Black and white illustrations.
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Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately edgeworn with a couple of edge-tears and a few scratches to the front, but is overall good and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Very light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Yellow dust jacket with bee drawing & title in black lettering; 1994, Smithsonian Inst Press; 304 pages; "The Bee Genera of North and Central America: Hymenoptera Apoidea (English and Spanish Edition), " by Charles D. Michener, et al.
