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Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps
Wespen - beobachten, bestimmen (Wasps - observing, identifying) By Rolf Witt
Naturbuch Verlag, Augsburg, Germany, 1998
This well illustrated pocket-sized book of 360 pages is divided into a General Part describing wasps as a group (pages 9 - 79) and a Special Part (pages 80 - 336) giving keys to Vespidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae etc. and their nests as well as illustrated descriptions of Embolemidae, Dryinidae, Bethylidae, Chrysididae, Sapygidae, Tiphiidae, Myrmosidae, Scoliidae, Mutillidae, Vespidae (incl. Polistinae, Vespinae, Masarinae, Eumeninae), Pompilidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae. The illustrated decriptions of selected species include info on body length, range, habitats, phenology (months of appearance), biology incl.
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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) "Bumble Bees and Cuckoo Bumble Bees of California" By Robbin W. Thorp, Donald S. Horning, Jr., Lorry L. Dunning
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1983
A useful reference monograph covering California bumblebees by a well-respected authority on the subject. Begins with general information on life history and ecology, followed by technical keys, and discussions of the California subgenera and species of Bombus and Psithyrus (parasitic "Cuckoo Bumble Bees"). A PDF file of the 79 page monograph is available for free here.
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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) Pollination Ecology of the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains By Macior, Lazarus Walter
Melanderia, Vol. 15, Washington State Entomological Society, Pullman WA 99164-6382, 1974
59 pp., Bombus (19 species) and Psithyrus insularis only. No images.
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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) On the Ecology and Systematics of Coloradan Bumblebees By Byron, Peggy Ann
Thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, 1980
193 pp. Contains descriptions of 20 species and subspecies of Bombus and 3 species of Psithyrus in Colorado, also a key to males and females to Colorado Bombus and Psithyrus. No images.
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The Natural History and Behavior of North American Beewolves By Howard Ensign Evans, Kevin M. O'Neill
Comstock Publishing, 1988
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 Carpenter Ants Of The United States And Canada By LAUREL DIANNE HANSEN, JOHN H. KLOTZ, Laurel D. Hansen
Cornell University Press, 2005
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Natural History and Evolution of Paper-Wasps (Oxford Science Publications) By Stefano Turillazzi, Mary Jane West-Eberhard
Oxford University Press, 1996
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Yellowjackets of America North of Mexico By Akre, R.D., A. Greene, J.F. MacDonald, P.J. Landolt, and H.G. Davis
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1980
Agriculture Handbook No. 552, 102 pp.
Might be available by contacting:
Superintendent of Documents
US Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
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