TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Joseph S.
AU  - Project Muse
AU  - Messinger Carril,Olivia
TI  - The bees in your backyard: a guide to North America's bees 
SN  - 9781400874156
AV  - QL567 .B447 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Bumblebees
KW  - North America
KW  - Honeybee
KW  - Bee culture
KW  - Bees
KW  - Identification
KW  - Bee culture--North America
KW  - Bees--North America
KW  - Bees--North America--Identification
KW  - Bumblebees--North America
KW  - Honeybee--North America
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; ""Cover ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1 Is This a Bee?""; ""1.2 Bee Names""; ""1.3 The Bee Lifecycle""; ""1.4 Where Do Bees Live?""; ""1.5 Bee Sociality""; ""1.6 What Do Bees Eat?""; ""1.7 A Bee�s Enemies""; ""1.8 A Bee�s Body""; ""1.9 How to Study Bees""; ""1.10 Identifying Bees""; ""Key to the Chapters of this Book""; ""1.11 Appreciating Bees""; ""2 PROMOTING BEES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD""; ""2.1 Bees as Pollinators""; ""2.2 Providing Habitat""; ""2.3 Providing Food""""3 ANDRENIDAE""; ""Identification Tips""; ""3.1 Andreninae""; ""3.2 Protandrenini and Panurgini""; ""3.3 Perditini""; ""3.4 Calliopsis""; ""3.5 Oxaeinae""; ""4 COLLETIDAE""; ""Identification Tips""; ""4.1 Colletinae""; ""4.2 Hylaeus""; ""4.3 Diphaglossinae""; ""5 MELITTIDAE""; ""Identification Tips""; ""6 HALICTIDAE""; ""Identification Tips""; ""6.1 Agapostemon""; ""6.2 Halictus""; ""6.3 Lasioglossum""; ""6.4 Augochlorini""; ""6.5 Nomiinae""; ""6.6 Rophitinae""; ""7 MEGACHILIDAE""; ""Identification Tips""; ""7.1 Lithurginae""; ""7.2 Osmia""; ""7.3 Hoplitis""; ""7.4 Other Osmiini""""7.5 Anthidium""; ""7.6 Other Anthidiini""; ""7.7 Megachile""; ""8 APIDAE""; ""Identification Tips""; ""8.1 Xylocopa""; ""8.2 Ceratina""; ""8.3 Exomalopsini""; ""8.4 Emphorini""; ""8.5 Common Eucerini""; ""8.6 Peponapis and Xenoglossa""; ""8.7 Other Eucerini""; ""8.8 Anthophorini""; ""8.9 Centris""; ""8.10 Bombus""; ""8.11 Apis mellifera""; ""8.12 Euglossa""; ""9 POLLEN THIEVES""; ""Identification Tips""; ""9.1 Cuckoo Bees: Apidae""; ""9.2 Cuckoo Bees: Halictidae""; ""9.3 Cuckoo Bees: Megachilidae""; ""Appendix: Guide to the Pronunciation of Bee Names""; ""Index""; 2; b
N2  - 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 natural
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