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Bugs Britannica

Posted in General, Literature, Reference on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Further info and reviews: Telegraph & Amazon

World Bee Checklist Working Group Project

Posted in Bee News, General, Reference, tagged EDIT, Scratchpads, world bee checklist on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I came across the World Bee Checklist Working Group recently, which is a project that aims “to provide a platform for communication, collaboration, and information access relating to the in the development and use of a global checklist of bees (Apoidea)”. This is part of a larger European Union funded project to promote and integrate [...]

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Saunders’ Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands now online

Posted in Bee News, Literature, Reference, tagged bees of Britain, Edward Saunders on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands : a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, with notes as to habits, localities, habitats etc. Edward Saunders 1896 This book is a classic work on aculeates and contains the only comprehensive work on British solitary bees (Apidae) yet published. [...]

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Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants

Posted in Reference, tagged crop plants, pollination on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A useful resource is the online version of the following book. Although written in 1976 and mainly covering the US, the book is still very relevant today whatever country you are located in. Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants by S.E. McGregor, USDA Originally published 1976 Sections include: Economics of Plant Pollination Flowering and Fruiting [...]

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