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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees
The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees.
By Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia J. Messinger Carril
Princeton University Press, 2015
ISBN: 0691160775
Cite: 1202433 with citation markup [cite:1202433]
A wonderfully written, richly and attractively illustrated book, mostly with the authors' own excellent images!
This is a wonderful introduction to North America's over 4000 native bee species. The title page's photos communicate at once the great diversity of our bee fauna.
A MUST for everyone who wants to learn about the bees that have evolved with our flora, as well as a useful reference for professionals.
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 21 March, 2016 - 8:03pm

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… Mike Quinn, 28 March, 2017 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

This book has great ID featur
This book has great ID features, including wing venation patterns.
… Marci Hess, 8 February, 2017 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
"The Bees in your Backyard" Lasioglossum?
Does anyone know if this book is good for keying out lasioglossum to sub-genus? I'm trying to find some guides for the genus.
… thabughunter, 20 October, 2018 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Only genera -
though there is mention of some subgenera of Lassioglosum, but no key. You find a key to the subgenera of Lasioglossum of the Western Hemisphere in Michener, 2nd ed. 2007 (1), p. 373.
… Hartmut Wisch, 20 October, 2018 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

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