The bees in your backyard a guide to North America's bees
The Bees in Your Backyard provides an engaging introduction to the roughly 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada, dispelling common myths about bees while offering essential tips for telling them apart in the field. The book features more than 900 stunning color photos of the bees living all around us-in our gardens and parks, along nature trails, and in the wild spaces between. It describes their natural history, including where they live, how they gather food, their role as pollinators, and even how to attract them to your own backyard. Ideal for amateur naturalists and experts alike, it gives detailed accounts of every bee family and genus in North America, describing key identification features, distributions, diets, nesting habits, and more. Provides the most comprehensive and accessible guide to all bees in the United States and Canada Features more than 900 full-color photos Offers helpful identification tips and pointers for studying bees Includes a full chapter on how to attract bees to your backyard
Main Authors: | Wilson, Joseph S. 1980- autor/a, Messinger Carril, Olivia 1976- autor/a |
---|---|
Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
Published: |
Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press
c201
|
Subjects: | Abejas, Abeja melífera, Abejorros, Apicultura, |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Effects of optical brighteners used in biopesticide formulations on the behavior of pollinators
by: Goulson, Dave, et al. -
Bumble bees of North America an identification guide
by: Williams, Paul H., et al.
Published: (2014) -
The african honey bee
by: Spivak, Marla ed 14934, et al.
Published: (1991) -
Bee world
by: Bee Research Association
Published: (1969) -
Honey bee biology
by: Free, John B. compilador
Published: (Sin )