Asian Honey Bees : Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions / Siriwat Wongsiri, Benjamin P. Oldroyd.
Oldroyd, Benjamin P., author.; Seeley, Thomas D., contributor.; Wongsiri, Siriwat, author.
2009
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Title Asian Honey Bees : Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions / Siriwat Wongsiri, Benjamin P. Oldroyd.
Author Oldroyd, Benjamin P., author.
ISBN 9780674041622
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041622
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2006
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (360 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674041622 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification 595.79/9
Summary The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research. But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift focus to the indigenous Asian honey bees. Benjamin Oldroyd, well known for his work on the genetics and evolution of worker sterility, has teamed with Siriwat Wongsiri, a pioneer of the study of bees in Thailand, to provide a comparative work synthesizing the rapidly expanding Asian honey bee literature. After introducing the species, the authors review evolution and speciation, division of labor, communication, and nest defense. They underscore the pressures colonies face from pathogens, parasites, and predators--including man--and detail the long and amazing history of the honey hunt. This book provides a cornerstone for future investigations on these species, insights into the evolution across species, and a direction for conservation efforts to protect these keystone species of Asia's tropical forests.
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Added Author Seeley, Thomas D., contributor.
Wongsiri, Siriwat, author.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword by Thomas D. Seeley
Preface
1. To Be a Honey Bee
2. Introduction to the Species
3. Evolution
4. Speciation and Biogeography
5. Dance Communication and Foraging
6. Reproduction, Swarming, and Migration
7. Worker Sterility, Kin Selection, and Polyandry
8. Nesting Biology and Nest Defense
9. Parasites, Pathogens, Predators, and a Plant
10. Human Interactions
11. Conservation
12. Concluding Remarks
Appendix A. A Simple Key to the Workers of the Genus Apis
Appendix B. A Simple Key to the Parasitic Mesostigmatan Mites of Asian Honey Bees
Appendix C. The Names of the Honey Bee Species in Asian Languages
Glossary
References
Index

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