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Author Wilson, Joseph S., 1980- author.

Title The bees in your backyard : a guide to North America's bees / Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia Messinger Carril.

Publication Info. Princeton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2019.

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Edition [Enhanced Credo edition]
Description 1 online resource (14 entries) : 993 images ; digital files
Physical Medium polychrome
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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 39 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. Api dae: 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 -- Photographic acknowledgments.
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Summary 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.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Local Note Credo Reference General Reference
Subject Bees -- North America.
Bees.
North America.
Bees -- North America -- Identification.
Genre/Form Field guides.
Subject Bee culture -- North America.
Bee culture.
Honeybee -- North America.
Honeybee.
Bumblebees -- North America.
Bumblebees.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Messinger Carril, Olivia, 1976- author.
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title Guide to North America's bees.
Other Form: Print version: 0691160775 9780691160771 (DLC) 2015007075 288 pages : color illustrations
ISBN 9781786849533 electronic version
9780691160771 paperback