[Pollinator] Why Do Bees Buzz?

[Sunny Boyd]

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Why Do Bees Buzz?




Subtitle: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Bees
Author: Elizabeth Capaldi Evans and Carol A. Butler
Edition: Paper
Series: Rutgers Animal Q & A series
Subject: Natural
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History, Science <http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/science.html> 
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4721-3
Publication Date: March 2010
Series:  <http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/__Animal_Q_and_A.html>
Rutgers Animal Q&A

 

Praise for Why Do Bees Buzz?

"Why Do Bees Buzz? not only has the potential to satisfy curiosity and
entertain, but will also recruit enthusiastic new investigators to bee
research. Even in a format intended for the general audience, Evans and
Butler are able to convey the vigor of scientific research on bees in an
intriguing manner." -Susan Fahrbach, professor of Biology, Wake Forest
University

"Why Do Bees Buzz? provides updated and well-presented material about many
questions the general public may have regarding bees.  Evans and Butler
precisely discuss the function of bees and why pollination is a vital part
of the ecosystem, something of which all people should be aware." -Diana
Sammataro, co-author of The Beekeeper's Handbook, Third Edition

"Drawing on a vast and burgeoning literature on bees, this ambitious book is
packed with interesting facts, both old and new." -Gene E. Robinson,
Swanlund Chair of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Description: 

Twenty-five thousand species of bees certainly create a loud buzz. Yet
silence descended a few years ago when domesticated bee populations
plummeted. Bees, in particular honey bees, are critical links in the vibrant
chain that brings fruits, vegetables, and nuts to markets and dinner tables
across the country. Farmers and scientists on the agricultural frontlines
quickly realized the impact of this loss, but many others did not see this
devastation.

Why Do Bees Buzz? reports on the mysterious "colony collapse disorder" that
has affected honey bee populations, as well as other captivating topics,
such as their complex, highly social lives, and how other species of bees
are unique and different from honey bees. Organized in chapters that cover
everything from these provocative pollinators' basic biology to the
aggressive nature of killer bees, this insightful question and answer guide
provides a honeycomb of compelling facts.

With clarity and depth, bee biologist Elizabeth Capaldi Evans and coauthor
Carol A. Butler examine the lives of honey bees, as well as other species
such as orchid bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees. Accessible to readers
on every level, and including the latest research and theory for the more
sophisticated reader, the authors reveal more than one hundred critical
answers to questions about the lives of bees.Concepts about speciation,
evolutionary adaptation and pollination, as well as historical details about
topics such as Mayan beekeeping and the appearance of bees in rock art, are
arranged in easy-to-follow sidebars that highlight the text. Color and black
and white photographs and drawings enhance the beauty and usefulness of Why
Do Bees Buzz?

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About the Author: 

ELIZABETH CAPALDI EVANS is an associate professor of biology and animal
behavior at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Her studies have
been published in a wide variety of scientific journals, including Nature,
the Annual Review of Psychology, and the Journal of the Kansas Entomological
Society.

CAROL A. BUTLER is the coauthor of Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural
History (Rutgers University Press), Do Butterflies Bite? Fascinating Answers
to Questions about Butterflies and Moths, Do Bats Drink Blood? Fascinating
Answers to Questions about Bats, and Do Hummingbirds Hum? Fascinating
Answers to Questions about Hummingbirds.

 

 

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