Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world. They are increasingly being used as a model organism for studying a wide range of ecological and behavioural concepts, such as social organization, optimal foraging theories, host-parasite interactions, and pollination. Recently they have become a focus for conservationists due to mounting evidence of range contractions and catastrophic extinctions with some species disappearing from entire continents (e.g. in North America). Only by improving our understanding of their ecology can we devise sensible plans to conserve them. The role of bumblebees as invasive species (e.g. Bombus terrestris in Japan) has also become topical with the growing trade in commercial bumblebee nests for tomato pollination leading to establishment of non-native bumblebees in a number of countries. Since the publication of the first edition of the book, there have been hundreds of research papers published on bumblebees. There is clearly a continuing need for an affordable, well-illustrated, and appealing text that makes accessible all of the major advances in understanding of the behaviour and ecology of bumblebees that have been made in the last 30 years.
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Review from previous edition: "I warmly recommend Bumblebees: Their Behaviour and Ecology to anyone who wants to know more about, to use Goulson's words, 'these fascinating and charismatic organisms'...a perfect reference work for anyone interested in bumblebee behaviour and ecology." --TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution (2004)
"This book showcases the burgeoning research effort in these bees." --Science (2003)
"This book showcases the burgeoning research effort in these bees." --Science (2003)
About the Author
Professor Dave Goulson has had a lifelong interest in insects, having started collecting butterflies as a small boy. After a degree in Biology at Oxford University and a PhD at Oxford Brookes University, he obtained a lectureship at the University of Southampton in 1995, where he stayed for 11 years. He is now Professor of Biological Sciences and Head of the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Stirling. In 2006 he founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, a membership-based charity devoted to the active promotion of bee conservation in the UK; the trust now has 3,000 members.
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I'm so glad there is a book like this on the market. Goulson has written a thorough, very well-written treatise on the life-history and relevant research on the charismatic and well-loved - but often not well-understood - bumblebee. With the ongoing declines in the most widespread and important agricultural pollinator, the honeybee, bumblebee species will become more and more important to a variety of crops in the Northern Hemisphere. It's important that we understand their needs and life-history traits in order to shape agricultural landscapes in ways that conserve and enhance bumblebee populations for the future.
I'd recommend this for anyone who wants to understand more about this adorably clumsy/bumbling agricultural pollinator.
I'd recommend this for anyone who wants to understand more about this adorably clumsy/bumbling agricultural pollinator.
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