A review of "Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees" by David W Roubik.
This is a scholarly, scientific book covering the most important aspects of
the ecology and natural history of tropical bees. It's too dense and technical
for the general reader, but I'm sure advanced students of entomology will find
it a treasure-trove of information.
Topics covered include biogeography and the age of bee groups, foraging and pollination, aggression during foraging, natural enemies, parasitic bees, ecology of Africanized honeybees in tropical America and tropical beekeeping. BTW, "Africanized honeybee" is the scientific euphemism for killer bee!
The life of bees doesn't seem to be an easy one. If the life of entomologists is any easier, having to pay 78 dollars for a book like this, I cannot say. ;-)
Still, I give this perhaps too technical book four stars. But, once again, this is not really for the general reader.
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