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Honeybees of Africa

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  1. H. R. Hepburn

    1. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

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  2. S. E. Radloff

    1. Department of Statistics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

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  • First book on all aspects of the biology of all African honeybees (origin of the "killer bees")

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Biogeographical Perspective

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 1-34

  3. Classification of Honeybees

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 35-77

  4. Populations: Forms of Measurement

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 79-102

  5. Introgression and Hybridisation in Natural Populations

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 103-131

  6. Swarming, Migration and Absconding

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 133-161

  7. Mating and Fecundity

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 163-184

  8. Properties of Honeybee Nests

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 185-204

  9. Intraspecific and Interspecific Conflicts

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 205-225

  10. Colony Defense

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 227-241

  11. Flight and Foraging

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 243-268

  12. Seasonal Cycles of the Honeybee Colonies

    • H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff
    Pages 269-298

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 299-371
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About this book

A comprehensive review of the honeybees of Africa on a subspecies as well as by country basis. Includes an updated multivariate analysis of the subspecies based on the merger of the Ruttner database (Oberursel) and that of Hepburn & Radloff (Grahamstown) for nearly 20,000 bees. Special emphasis is placed on natural zones of hybridisation and introgression of different populations; seasonal cycles of development in different ecological-climatological zones of the continent; swarming, migration and absconding; and an analysis of the bee flora of the continent. The text is supplemented by tables containing quantitative data on all aspects of honeybee biology, and by continental and regional maps.
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"Honeybees of Africa provides biologists with an excellent source of information and challenges. I applaud the authors for thoroughly synthesising what is known about A. mellifera across the whole of Africa, thereby setting the stage for countless exciting discoveries." Nature
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

    H. R. Hepburn

  • Department of Statistics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

    S. E. Radloff

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Honeybees of Africa

  • Authors: H. R. Hepburn, S. E. Radloff

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03604-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-64221-3Published: 08 April 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08389-1Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03604-4Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 370

  • Topics: Entomology, Zoology, Ecology, Human Physiology

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