The Conservation of Bees, Volume 18

by Andrew Matheson (Series Editor), Ingrid H. Williams (Series Editor), Stephen Buchmann (Series Editor)

Bees form a vital part of many natural and farmed landscapes all over the world. Both as pollinators and as a part of the wider insect community, their activities not only promote healthy ecosystems, but in many cases are essential to the life cycles of particular plant species. Their complex coevolutionary relationships to their forage plants are a subject of fascination to biologists and conservationists, and of economic importance to crop managers.
But everywhere bees are under pressure, from the direct impact of pesticides in the environment, as well as the indirect effects of habitat alteration and destruction.
This volume focuses on a number of important topics in bee biology and conservation in the temperate regions of four continents. The varieties of habitats needed for bees to thrive, the essential links and interactions between bees and many plant species, and the current state of bee biodiversity and conservation are all dealt with by an international cast of authors.
Anyone with an interest either in bees in particular, or in insect and plant conservation in general will find something of interest in this book.

Stresses the importance of bees as pollinators in the health of both agriculture and natural landscapes
Discusses the coevolutionary biology of bees and their forage plants
Focuses on bees as a vital component of biodiversity
Includes contributors from Europe, U.S.A., Canada, Panama, and Isreal

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Andrew Matheson was a Canadian-British rock singer, most noted as a founding member of the British proto-punk band Hollywood Brats in the early 1970s. He later released two solo albums, and garnered a Juno Award nomination for Best New Solo Artist at the Juno Awards of 1995.