Apicultural Review Letters

Letter # 538
2011 März 1

Bookreviews 3/2011

Honeybee Democracy (2010) by Thomas D. Seeley, Honeybees of Borneo, Exploring the Centre of Apis Diversity (2010) by Nikolaus Koeniger et al., A Guide for Eucalyptus Species in Israel (2008) by Yehuda Reves, Operating Manual Organic / Ecological Beekeeping (2011) by Michael Thiele

Four interesting books for scientists, students and beekeepers:
 
 

			Honeybee Democracy (2010) by Thomas D. Seeley. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2010, Hardcover, 280 pages, ISBN 978-0691147215.  About the first Democracy of the world.				Honeybees of Borneo. Exploring the Centre of Apis Diversity (2010) by Nikolaus Koeniger, Gudrun Koeniger and Salim Tingek. Natural History Publications (Borneo) 2010, 262 pages, ISBN 978-983-812-18-6.  About asiatic honeybees, especially their mating behaviour and reproduction.
			A Guide for Eucalyptus Species in Israel (2008) by Yehuda Reves. Israelflora, environmental projects, second edition 2008, 245 pages, 25, KKL St., K. Bialik 27093 Israel. This bilingual guide (English-Hebrew) is not only interesting for foresters, researchers and students but also for beekeepers. Did you know that there are 171 eucalyptus species in Israel?				Operating Manual Organic / Ecological Beekeeping (2011) by Michael Thiele, Centre for Ecological Apiculture. 31st. edition 2011, Bad Sooden How-to-do-it manual in two parts for beginners in the beekeeping sector, especially organic/ ecological topbar beekeeping. Now included in distance course # 19 / 48