Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World

Packer, Laurence,Droege, Sam

ISBN 10: 0760347387 / ISBN 13: 9780760347386

Published by Voyageur Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World
• Publisher: Voyageur Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760347387
• ISBN 13: 9780760347386
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

While we eat, work, and sleep, bees are busy around the world. More than 20,000 species are in constant motion! They pollinate plants of all types and keep our natural world intact. In Bees, you'll find a new way to appreciate these tiny wonders. Sam Droege and Laurence Packer present more than 100 of the most eye-catching bees from around the world as you've never seen them: up-close and with stunning detail. You'll stare into alien-like faces. You'll get lost in mesmerizing colors and patterns, patches and stripes of arresting yellow or blue. Whether you linger on your first close look at the Western Domesticated Honey Bee or excitedly flip straight to the rare Dinagapostemon sicheli, there's no doubt you'll be blown away by the beauty of bees.

About the Author

Sam Droege is a wildlife biologist at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, part of the US Geological Survey. He is widely published in journals and has been the editor of numerous government publications on birds and insects. His work cataloging and photographing bees has been featured by NPR, The Weather Channel, and the National Wildlife Federation, as well as in numerous publications including Wired, the Wall Street Journal, and Popular Science.

Laurence Packer is a Professor of Biology at York University, Toronto, Canada, where he teaches courses in Entomology and Biodiversity, and runs a large research group comprised of numerous melittologists at various stages of their careers. He has authored or co-authored numerous research articles on various aspects of bee biology and together with his research team he has described over 100 bee species. He is the author of Keeping the Bees (HarperCollins).