Gift inscription from Author (Howard Randall Hepburn) on dedication page. 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.
Springer Verlag. Berlin 1998. 1st edition 1st printing.
Green printed boards. 370pp illustrated tables, charts, maps. 8vo.
ISBN 9783540642213
4 square corners. edges a bit foxed hence a VG-Fine copy.
Our Ref:#27271
- Jacket Condition: VG
- Binding Condition: VG
- Overall Condition: VG
- Size: 240mm x 160mm x 30mm. 0.7kg
