Wild honey bees : an intimate portrait / Ingo Arndt, Jurgen Tautz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arndt, Ingo, author.

Tautz, Jürgen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Honeybee--Pictorial works.

Honeybee.

Bee culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press, [2022]

Summary:

A lavishly illustrated exploration of the mysterious, hidden world of forest-dwelling wild honey bees—with new insights that promise to revolutionize conservation and beekeepingThe honey bee, a key pollinator, is now an endangered species, threatened by human activity and loss of biodiversity. Because of this, understanding forest-dwelling wild honey bees—which are more resistant to diseases and parasites than honey bees kept by beekeepers—is more important than ever before. In this lavishly illustrated book, Ingo Arndt, one of the world’s best wildlife photographers, and Jürgen Tautz, one of the world’s leading bee experts, set out on the trail of wild honey bees, bringing back sensational photographs, some of which document behaviors never captured before, and new scientific insights that promise to revolutionize conservation and beekeeping.A remarkable number of wild honey bee colonies still exist, living in hollow trees inside the forest, largely unnoticed by humans. This book explores the fascinating secret world of wild honey bees, including the adaptations and behaviors they have acquired to survive and the new challenges they face today. Featuring incredible macro and wide-angle photographs, some taken from inside hives, Wild Honey Bees is a unique collaboration that documents a major research project and offers critical new insights about these essential creatures.A stunning photographic record that documents for the first time the original way of life of the endangered, forest-dwelling honey beeA unique collaboration between one of the world’s best wildlife photographers and one of its leading bee expertsFeatures incredible macro and wide-angle photographs, some from inside the hive, depicting bees as never seen beforeOffers fascinating new insights into the mysterious, hidden world of the wild honey bee

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

THE HONEY BEE, A FOREST INSECT - INTRODUCTION

LIVING TO GETHER IN SECRECY

SQUATTERS IN THE BEEHIVE

DEFENCE AT ANY PRICE

THE FOREST HABITAT

ORIENTATION WITH ALL THE SENSES

MOVING INTO THE WOODPECKER NEST

TRADITIONAL BEEKEEPING

EPILOGUE

BEE PHOTOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

THANK YOU

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Arndt, Ingo Wild Honey Bees

ISBN:

0-691-23509-0

OCLC:

1273982862