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Wasps don't get no respect,
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There are lots of good books on bees and ants but not so many on wasps. This is a bunch of very good essays but if you buy it, be aware that is specific essays (check the contents) not one narrative and that it is a purely academic book.
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Learning about Wasps,
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Although this book is already over ten years old, it is essential reading for anyone studying wasps-- academically or otherwise. The contributed articles are written by noted authorities in their fields, most often on a taxon which they have researched for years in the field as well as in the literature. The coverage is of social wasps around the world and includes life histories, behavior,nesting architecture,etc. For the most part the writing is clear, careful, and sometimes lively. I strongly recommend the book.
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Way over my head,
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"The Social Biology of Wasps" is a heavy, technical and scholarly anthology about hornets, yellowjackets and other social wasps.
It's not suited for the general reader. Chapter headings include "The Function and Evolution of Exocrine Glands", "Population Genetic Structure, Relatedness, and Breeding Systems" and "Evolution of Social Behavior in Sphecid Wasps". Way over my head, I'm afraid. But then, I don't like wasps anyway...
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As Wilson (1971:1) remarked, the social insects, "together with man, hummingbirds, and the bristlecone pine . . . are among the great achievements of organic evolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Marino Piccioli, New Guinea, New World, Old World, Costa Rica, North America, United States, Mato Grosso, Argentina Richards, Japanese Vespa, Harvard University, Southeast Asia, Brazil Richards, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Sao Paulo, Vespinae Vespula, Barro Colorado Island, Bolivia Richards, National Science Foundation, South American, Swarm-founding Polistinae Polybia, After Carpenter, Latitudinal Patterns, Ontogenetic Variation New!
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As Wilson (1971:1) remarked, the social insects, "together with man, hummingbirds, and the bristlecone pine . . . are among the great achievements of organic evolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Marino Piccioli, New Guinea, New World, Old World, Costa Rica, North America, United States, Mato Grosso, Argentina Richards, Japanese Vespa, Harvard University, Southeast Asia, Brazil Richards, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Sao Paulo, Vespinae Vespula, Barro Colorado Island, Bolivia Richards, National Science Foundation, South American, Swarm-founding Polistinae Polybia, After Carpenter, Latitudinal Patterns, Ontogenetic Variation New!
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