| Diversity in the Genus APIs Contributor(s): Smith, Deborah Roan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0367016001 ISBN-13: 9780367016005 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology - Nature | Animals - Insects & Spiders |
| Dewey: 595.799 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Physical Information: 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The honey bees were formerly seen as a small, static group comprising four species, whose behavior and ecology were simple variants on the patterns found in Apis mellifera. The picture now is one of a large, actively speciating group, reflecting in part the complex geological and biological influence of the Apis environment. Research on this diversity has benefitted from new techniques of DNA analysis applied to several long-standing problems in honey bee phylogenetics and that are reported in this volume. The behavior and ecology of the Apis species and populations are also more diverse and differentiated than previously recognized: Radically different orientation systems as expressed through dance language exist in various species. This study of Apis will be of great interest not only to biologists and apiculturalists but to anyone interested in systematics, genetics, and ethology. |