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A fully updated introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain.
For most people, bees are associated with honey or bumblebees, but in fact, these social specialists make up only a small proportion of the species living in Britain. Open your eyes to the so-called "solitary" bees and discover a wonderfully diverse population – miners, leaf cutters, carpenters, and masons – many of which can be found in your garden.
Solitary bees come in a variety of colors and sizes, with some as large as bumblebees and some only a few millimeters long, and many are key pollinators for our crops and wildflowers. This comprehensive book will tell the story of how these bees live, reproduce, and thrive: discover the many strategies male bees use to find females and persuade them to mate; follow the females as they build their nests – or, in the case of "cuckoo" species, invade their neighbors' nests – and watch the emergence of the new generation.
Explore the interactions between flowering plants and their bee visitors, asking what plants gain from this relationship, as well as how bees choose the plants they visit, and the ingenuity required to extract pollen, nectar, and other rewards. Finally, learn where bees thrive and what can be done to support them and ensure the continuation of pollination of our flowers and crops.
Drawing on all the latest research as well as the authors' field observations, this timely New Naturalist offers a fascinating insight into the complex lives of solitary bees, as well as the intricacy of the behavior and ecology of this remarkable group of insects.
Pages: 608, Dimensions: 15.5x15.5cm
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- HarperCollins Publishers
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- English
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN-13
- 9780008304553
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