Steven Falk

Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Lewington, Richard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bees are a fascinating and indispensable group of insects, but many species are in decline, and efforts to help determine distributions and changes in abundance have to date been compromised by a serious lack of identification resources.

This book is from author Steven Falk, who is a professional naturalist and conservationist with over forty years' experience of working with bees. It is a comprehensive introduction to bee classification, ecology, field techniques and recording, a full glossary, and information on how to separate the sexes and distinguish bees from other insects.

Also included are introductions to families and genera, describing key characters and life histories, as well as detailed species descriptions covering field and microscopic characters, similar species, variants, flight season, habitat, flowers visited, nesting habits, status & distribution, and parasites & associates. A series of innovative illustrated keys to genera and species are designed to guide the user step by step through the identification process.

The book is illustrated with over 1,000 colour and black and white artworks by Richard Lewington, one of Europe's leading insect artists. It also includes stunning photographs of living insects as seen in the wild and 234 up-to-date distribution maps.

This eagerly anticipated new addition to the highly acclaimed British Wildlife Field Guides series will unravel the complexities of identification, and is designed to cater for people new to the bee world as well as to more experienced recorders who wish to identify every species accurately. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472970374
• Artikelnr.: 60048628

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 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 Colour Plates Checklist of the bees of Britain and Ireland Index Photographic credits