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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Wasps don't get no respect
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.
Published on January 23, 2009 by J. A. Haverstick
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Way over my head
"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...
Published 20 months ago by Ashtar Command
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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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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Social Biology of Wasps by Robert W. Matthews (Hardcover - June 1991)
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