Edition |
[Enhanced Credo edition] |
Description |
1 online resource (70 entries) : 418 images ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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still image rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Observing bumble bees -- Attracting bumble bees -- Bumble bee forage guide by ecoregion -- Maps and seasonal activity -- Bumble bee decline and conservation -- Threats to bumble bees -- Natural enemies -- Mimicry -- Distinguishing bumble bees from other insects -- Bumble bee names and classification -- How to use this book to identify bumble bee species -- Species accounts -- Square-or long-cheeked bees with a rounded angle on the midleg -- Short-cheeked bees with a rounded angle on the midleg -- Medium- or long-cheeked bees with a sharp angle on the midleg -- Hindleg (tibia) with the outer surface uniformly convex and densely hairy (cuckoo bumble bees, no workers). |
Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
Summary |
Bumble Bees of North America is the first comprehensive guide to North American bumble bees to be published in more than a century. Richly illustrated with color photographs, diagrams, range maps, and graphs of seasonal activity patterns, this guide allows amateur and professional naturalists to identify all 46 bumble bee species found north of Mexico and to understand their ecology and changing geographic distributions. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
Subject |
Bumblebees -- Canada -- Geographical distribution.
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Bumblebees -- Canada -- Identification.
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Bumblebees -- United States -- Geographical distribution.
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Bumblebees -- United States -- Identification.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Thorp, Robbin W., 1933- author.
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Richardson, Leif, author.
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Colla, Sheila, author.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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Added Title |
Bumblebees of North America. |
Other Form: |
Print version: 0691152225 9780691152226 (DLC) 2013945435 208 pages : color illustrations, color maps |
ISBN |
9781785396014 electronic version |
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0691152225 paperback |
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9780691152226 paperback |
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