Bees : A Natural History /
Christopher O'Toole ; Featuring photographs by Edward Ross
- 240 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
A Peter N. Nevraumont book. Includes bibliographical references and index.
INSECTS & SPIDERS. Only recently have biologists discovered that human survival is inextricably linked to the survival of insects, specifically, bees. Today the 16-20,000 species of bee continue to play vital roles in human ecology. We survive only by grace of the life-sustaining network of bee-plant relationships. Bees immerses readers in the world of Apinae whose diversity of form and behaviour is eloquent testimony to the fine-tuning of natural selection.