This eagerly anticipated new addition to the highly acclaimed British Wildlife Field Guides series will unravel the complexities of identification. It provides the latest information on the identification, ecology, status and distribution of all 275 species of bee in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
This eagerly anticipated new addition to the highly acclaimed British Wildlife Field Guides series will unravel the complexities of identification. It provides the latest information on the identification, ecology, status and distribution of all 275 species of bee in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
Steven Falk is a professional naturalist and conservationist with a particular love for insects. He has worked for the former Nature Conservancy Council, two large museum services, and a wildlife trust. He has been involved with natural history books since his teens, contributing colour artwork to books such as British Hoverflies and the Collins Field Guide to Insects of Britain and Northern Europe. He has also written many scientific papers, popular articles and a county flora for Warwickshire. He currently works for Buglife. Over almost forty years, Richard Lewington has built up a reputation as one of Europe's finest wildlife illustrators. He first became interested in butterflies as a child when he inherited a cabinet of insects. He studied graphic design at the Berkshire College of Art, and since leaving in 1971 has specialised in natural-history illustration. His meticulous paintings of insects and other wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art.
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PREFACE INTRODUCTION What is a bee? Classification of bees At-a-glance guide to bee genera Species, races, forms and variations The life cycle of bees Enemies and associates of bees Habitats of bees Field techniques for finding and recording bees Conserving bees Societies and recording groups Bees beyond Britain and Ireland FURTHER READING HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE Dichotomous keys Format of the species accounts The colour plates Male or female? Is it a bee? Bee anatomy GLOSSARY Author's web feature KEY TO BEE GENERA FAMILY COLLETIDAE Colletes - Plasterer bees Hylaeus - Yellow-face bees FAMILY ANDRENIDAE Andrena - Mining bees Panurgus - Shaggy bees FAMILY HALICTIDAE Halictus - End-banded furrow bees Lasioglossum - Base-banded furrow bees Sphecodes - Blood bees Rophites - Bristle-headed bees Dufourea - Short-faced bees COLOUR PLATES FAMILY MELITTIDAE Melitta - Blunthorn bees Macropis - Oil-collecting bees Dasypoda - Pantaloon bees FAMILY MEGACHILIDAE Anthidium - Wool carders Stelis - Dark bees Heriades - Resin bees Chelostoma - Scissor bees Osmia - Mason bees Hoplitis - Lesser masons Megachile - Leafcutter and mud bees Coelioxys - Sharp-tail bees FAMILY APIDAE Nomada - Nomad bees Epeolus - Variegated cuckoo bees Eucera - Long-horned bees Anthophora - Flower bees Melecta - Mourning bees Ceratina - Small carpenter bees Xylocopa - Large carpenter bees Bombus - Bumblebees Apis - Honey bees CHECKLIST OF THE BEES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND INDEX PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
PREFACE INTRODUCTION What is a bee? Classification of bees At-a-glance guide to bee genera Species, races, forms and variations The life cycle of bees Enemies and associates of bees Habitats of bees Field techniques for finding and recording bees Conserving bees Societies and recording groups Bees beyond Britain and Ireland FURTHER READING HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE Dichotomous keys Format of the species accounts The colour plates Male or female? Is it a bee? Bee anatomy GLOSSARY Author's web feature KEY TO BEE GENERA FAMILY COLLETIDAE Colletes - Plasterer bees Hylaeus - Yellow-face bees FAMILY ANDRENIDAE Andrena - Mining bees Panurgus - Shaggy bees FAMILY HALICTIDAE Halictus - End-banded furrow bees Lasioglossum - Base-banded furrow bees Sphecodes - Blood bees Rophites - Bristle-headed bees Dufourea - Short-faced bees COLOUR PLATES FAMILY MELITTIDAE Melitta - Blunthorn bees Macropis - Oil-collecting bees Dasypoda - Pantaloon bees FAMILY MEGACHILIDAE Anthidium - Wool carders Stelis - Dark bees Heriades - Resin bees Chelostoma - Scissor bees Osmia - Mason bees Hoplitis - Lesser masons Megachile - Leafcutter and mud bees Coelioxys - Sharp-tail bees FAMILY APIDAE Nomada - Nomad bees Epeolus - Variegated cuckoo bees Eucera - Long-horned bees Anthophora - Flower bees Melecta - Mourning bees Ceratina - Small carpenter bees Xylocopa - Large carpenter bees Bombus - Bumblebees Apis - Honey bees CHECKLIST OF THE BEES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND INDEX PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS
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