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- catalog abstract ""At the mention of this title, most of us think only of the common wasp and the honey bee, perhaps adding in the hornet. But these are only three representatives of two large families of insects which the author describes brilliantly and simply, telling us of the different habits and lives of many differents wasps and bees. Many of them are solitary insects who live as predators capturing and storing various other insects as food for their own larva. The author shows the various stages of evolution which can be seen in present-day wasps and bees; from the solitary to the semi-social, to the fully social common wasp and honey bee. The book is fully illustrated with brilliant photographs of many of the types, and black and white drawings. Sir Christopher Andrewes, a scientist with a distinguished career in medicine, has always been interested by wasps and bees. He has now put down something of his great knowledge in a fascinating account for the general reader. "The Lives of Wasps and Bees" is a companion volume to "The World of Reptiles" by Angus Bellairs and Richard Carrington..." -- Book Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b843353.
- catalog created "1969.".
- catalog date "1969".
- catalog date "1969.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1969.".
- catalog description ""At the mention of this title, most of us think only of the common wasp and the honey bee, perhaps adding in the hornet. But these are only three representatives of two large families of insects which the author describes brilliantly and simply, telling us of the different habits and lives of many differents wasps and bees. Many of them are solitary insects who live as predators capturing and storing various other insects as food for their own larva. The author shows the various stages of evolution which can be seen in present-day wasps and bees; from the solitary to the semi-social, to the fully social common wasp and honey bee. The book is fully illustrated with brilliant photographs of many of the types, and black and white drawings. Sir Christopher Andrewes, a scientist with a distinguished career in medicine, has always been interested by wasps and bees. He has now put down something of his great knowledge in a fascinating account for the general reader. "The Lives of Wasps and Bees" is a companion volume to "The World of Reptiles" by Angus Bellairs and Richard Carrington..." -- Book Jacket.".
- catalog description "Wasps and bees introduced -- The spider-hunters -- Grasshopper-hunters -- Caterpillar-hunters -- The mud-daubers -- Some wood-borers -- Bembix and progressive provisioning -- Bee-wolves -- Bug-hunters -- Some fly-catchers -- Wandering wasps -- The furies: potters and masons -- Paper-wasps -- Social wasps or yellow-jackets and hornets -- Comparative studies of behaviour -- Bees, and especially short-tongued bees -- Some mining bees -- Halictus: beginnings of social life -- The osmias -- Workers in various crafts -- Bumble-bees: life history -- Bumble-bees: flowers and enemies -- The honey-bee: origins and senses -- The honey-bee: reproduction -- The honey-bee: work in the hive -- Honey-bees and flowers -- The evolution of wasps and bees.".
- catalog extent "204 p.".
- catalog identifier "0444197338".
- catalog identifier "444197338".
- catalog issued "1969".
- catalog issued "1969.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, American Elsevier Pub. Co.,".
- catalog subject "595.79".
- catalog subject "Hymenoptera.".
- catalog subject "QL565 .A57 1969b".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wasps and bees introduced -- The spider-hunters -- Grasshopper-hunters -- Caterpillar-hunters -- The mud-daubers -- Some wood-borers -- Bembix and progressive provisioning -- Bee-wolves -- Bug-hunters -- Some fly-catchers -- Wandering wasps -- The furies: potters and masons -- Paper-wasps -- Social wasps or yellow-jackets and hornets -- Comparative studies of behaviour -- Bees, and especially short-tongued bees -- Some mining bees -- Halictus: beginnings of social life -- The osmias -- Workers in various crafts -- Bumble-bees: life history -- Bumble-bees: flowers and enemies -- The honey-bee: origins and senses -- The honey-bee: reproduction -- The honey-bee: work in the hive -- Honey-bees and flowers -- The evolution of wasps and bees.".
- catalog title "The lives of wasps and bees [by] Sir Christopher Andrewes.".
- catalog type "text".