Beekeeping Supplies

1. 3 Responses to “I’m looking for a book about Bees?”

2. By annelie on Mar 8, 2009 | Reply

   Bees (a lineage within the superfamily Apoidea) are flying insects, closely related to wasps and ants. There are approximately 20,000 species of bees, and they may be found on every continent except Antarctica. Bees are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source, and the latter primarily for protein and other nutrients. Most pollen is used for food for the brood.

   A wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is not a bee or an ant. Less familiar, the suborder Symphyta includes the sawflies and wood wasps, which differ from the Apocrita by having a broad connection between the thorax and abdomen. Also, Symphyta larvae are mostly herbivorous and “caterpillarlike”, whereas those of Apocrita are largely predatory or parasitic

   Yellowjackets are black-and-yellow wasps of the genus Vespula or Dolichovespula (though some can be black-and-white, the most notable of these being the bald-faced hornet, Dolichovespula maculata). They can be identified by their distinctive combination of black-and-yellow color, small size (slightly larger than a bee), and entirely black antennae. In some parts of the south eastern U.S., they are called meat bees

3. By jmiller96003 on Mar 8, 2009 | Reply

   Try a book on Entomology. That is the study of bugs and insects.
   I have one myself I got a a rummage sale years ago, and I still find this book quite interesting. But beware, you might find yourself itching while reading it.

4. By bk_forex on Oct 16, 2011 | Reply

   Difficulty is, he doesn't have any control of what comes out, and for everything that comes out, something from the physical world has to go in.

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