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Get Started In Beekeeping
Hodder & Stoughton 2010; Not AvailableSuitable both for those just considering the prospect and those who are already fascinated beekeepers, this guide to setting up, maintaining and maximising bees in the back garden is an indispensable and readable bible of information and practical advice. It covers everything from bee behaviour to what to do with honey, and balances all the background... more...
The Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) Interaction with Geminivirus-Infected Host Plants
Springer 2011; US$ 149.99This book presents a chronology of events of B. tabaci and geminiviruses, and an overview within the Caribbean and Latin America. The pathosystems involving Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, Cotton leaf curl virus and the cassava mosaic viruses are discussed. Data is presented on amino acid concentrations influencing B. tabaci and thus serves the basis... more...
Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 85.00This is the first fully illustrated guide to all 336 dragonfly and damselfly species of eastern North America--from the rivers of Manitoba to the Florida cypress swamps--and the companion volume to Dennis Paulson's acclaimed field guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of the West. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East features hundreds of color... more...
In Considerable Variety
Springer 2011; US$ 149.99This book introduces basic entomology, emphasising perspectives on insect diversity important in conservation assessment and setting priorities for management, as a foundation for managers and others without entomological training or background. It bridges the gap between photographic essays on insect identification and more technical texts, to illustrate... more...
Grow a Butterfly Garden
Storey Publishing, LLC 1990; US$ 3.95Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence... more...
Attracting Native Pollinators
Storey Publishing, LLC 2011; US$ 29.95The recent decline of the European honey bee and other pollinators in North America poses a serious challenge to our food supply and ecological health. About 75 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators in order to set seed or fruit, and from these plants comes one-third of the planet's food. Attracting Native Pollinators is a comprehensive... more...
A Short History of the Honey Bee
Timber Press 2009; US$ 19.95There are around 16,000 species of bee. Only seven of these are responsible for creating the world's sweetest treat ? honey. Combining Ilona's gorgeous photography and E. Readicker-Henderson's engaging text, A Short History of the Honey Bee follows the journey from flower to hive to honey throughout history. A Short History of the Honey Bee starts... more...
Oribatid Mites
CSIRO Publishing 1998; US$ 136.00Oribatid mites are ancient, minute arthropods that live in soil, plant litter, mosses and lichens, and on trees and shrubs. Prior to the production of this catalogue, Australian Oribatid mites had been poorly documented. This catalogue summarises our knowledge of the fauna of Australian Oribatid mites, including many new records of species and genera.... more...
Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) V
CSIRO Publishing 1992; US$ 210.00This title covers all the primitive families (Orthoceri) as well as the Heteromorphi and the subfamilies Amycterinae and Entiminae (Adelognatha) of the Gonatoceri. more...
Australian Lauxaniid Flies
CSIRO Publishing 1994; US$ 136.00This is the first monographic account of a significant proportion of the Australian fauna of Lauxaniidae. more...









