Honeybees of Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. The Asian Species of Apis

   • Sarah E. Radloff, H. R. Hepburn, Michael S. Engel

   Pages 1-22

3. Phylogeny of the Genus Apis

   • Nikolaus Koeniger, Gudrun Koeniger, Deborah Smith

   Pages 23-50

4. Biogeography

   • H. R. Hepburn, Sarah E. Radloff

   Pages 51-67

5. Asian Honeybees and Mitochondrial DNA

   • Deborah R. Smith

   Pages 69-93

6. Genetic Considerations

   • Catherine L. Sole, Christian W. W. Pirk

   Pages 95-108

7. Biology of Nesting

   • Mananya Phiancharoen, Orawan Duangphakdee, H. R. Hepburn

   Pages 109-131

8. Absconding, Migration and Swarming

   • H. R. Hepburn

   Pages 133-158

9. Comparative Reproductive Biology of Honeybees

   • Gudrun Koeniger, Nikolaus Koeniger, Mananya Phiancharoen

   Pages 159-206

10. Pheromones

    • Christian W. W. Pirk, Catherine L. Sole, R. M. Crewe

    Pages 207-214

11. Honeybees in Natural Ecosystems

    • Richard T. Corlett

    Pages 215-225

12. The Pollination Role of Honeybees

    • Uma Partap

    Pages 227-255

13. Foraging

    • D. P. Abrol

    Pages 257-292

14. Energetic Aspects of Flight

    • H. R. Hepburn, Christian W. W. Pirk, Sarah E. Radloff

    Pages 293-312

15. The Dance Language

    • Orawan Duangphakdee, H. R. Hepburn, Jürgen Tautz

    Pages 313-332

16. Diseases of Asian Honeybees

    • Ingemar Fries

    Pages 333-345

17. Asian Honeybee Mites

    • Natapot Warrit, Chariya Lekprayoon

    Pages 347-368

18. Colony Defence and Natural Enemies

    • Stefan Fuchs, Jürgen Tautz

    Pages 369-395

19. Self-Assembly Processes in Honeybees: The Phenomenon of Shimmering

    • Gerald Kastberger, Frank Weihmann, Thomas Hoetzl

    Pages 397-443

20. Interspecific Interactions Among Asian Honeybees

    • Ming-Xian Yang, Ken Tan, Sarah E. Radloff, H. R. Hepburn

    Pages 445-471

A multi-authored work on the basic biology of Asian honeybees, written by expert specialists in the field, this book highlights phylogeny, classification, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, biogeography, genetics, physiology, pheromones, nesting, self-assembly processes, swarming, migration and absconding, reproduction, ecology, foraging and flight, dance languages, pollination, diseases/pests, colony defensiveness and natural enemies, honeybee mites, and interspecific interactions. Comprehensively covering the widely dispersed literature published in European as well as Asian-language journals and books, "Honeybees of Asia" provides an essential foundation for future research.

• Asian honeybees
• biology
• classification
• ecology
• entomology
• Model invertebrates

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

  H. Randall Hepburn

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

  Sarah E. Radloff

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