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# Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide (Princeton Field Guides)

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Review: A full-color volume that will be a great introduction to our Bombus friends for anyone just beginning - I came across this new paperback volume quite by accident while looking for something else at desertcart, and instantly ordered a copy in one of those knee-jerk reactions that I sometimes come to regret. But there's no regret at all this time - what a gem I found! This is a profusely illustrated, full-color volume that will be a great introduction to our Bombus friends for anyone just beginning, while also containing useful information that will include new material for all but the most knowledgeable of bumble bee devotees. Even Sam Droege is quoted (on the back cover) as saying he learned new things that he'd find useful in his own work. The book is printed on semi-gloss paper and the images are all sharp and clear. The Introduction alone provides a great introduction to bumble bee distribution and diversity, the life cycle of a colony, and the nature of the interaction of bumble bees with plants. Maps show species richness in a large rectangular grid (probably 5 degrees of latitude by 5 degrees of longitude) across North America and the world, as well as the numbers of museum specimens of bumblebees from North America on this same grid. All but southernmost Maine is mapped in the "100-500" specimen range, with the observation that most bumblebee collecting has been around large urban centers. Chapters that follow cover bumble bee observation techniques, how to attract them, a forage guide by ecoregion, maps and season activity, bumble bee decline and conservation, threats to bumble bees, natural enemies, mimicry and distinguishing bumble bees from other insects (including some other Hymenoptera that may to the unknowing appear to be unusual bumble bees), and a "how-to" guide to using the book. This is followed by species accounts of every species known in North America, with the fauna broken down into four major subgroups, based on morphology - the last group being the cuckoo bumble bees. Each species account includes the full name and authority, two to four photographs, and a guide to identification hints, based on characters identifiable in the field with a hand lens, as well as in the lab with a microscope. A map of known occurrences is small but sufficiently detailed to allow one to know whether a species should be expected to be in Maine. Color variations of queens, workers and males are shown diagrammatically - with some species showing significant color pattern variation throughout their range. This is then followed by a short section on "occurrence," which includes the species' range and status, habitat, examples of food plants, behavior (e.g., nesting habits), and whether it is known to be parasitized by other bees or is itself a parasite of others. Following the species accounts is a beautifully photo-illustrated key to identification of both male and female bumble bees, which is then followed by a 4-page illustrated glossary and a page of bumble bee resources. I'm looking forward to some quiet time in the winter when I can sit down and spend some time absorbing everything in this volume, particularly about those species that comprise our own fauna here in Maine. This was certainly money well-spent, and at a bargain price for a colorful field and identification guide!
Review: Great guide to bumble bees - There is a great lack of good bee field guides, and this is a wonderful move toward fixing that. The book has great information on the biology of bees, crisp high-res photos (nothing worse than big, fuzzy pictures in a field guide), diagrams of the various possible color patterns, beautiful range maps, really interesting graphs of the queen, worker, male abundances for each species, and good keys for the species if you are technically adept and have a scope. This guide is doubtless more useful to the scientist or graduate student, but is useful for anyone interested in identifying bumble bees to species. I also have the free UDSA books on bumble bees that Williams et al did, but in my opinion this one is better and worth buying if you are using this professionally or as an amateur entomologist.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #219,313 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #76 in Biology of Insects & Spiders |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (249) |
| Dimensions  | 6.25 x 0.5 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 0691152225 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0691152226 |
| Item Weight  | 1.06 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Princeton Field Guides, 81 |
| Print length  | 208 pages |
| Publication date  | March 30, 2014 |
| Publisher  | Princeton University Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A full-color volume that will be a great introduction to our Bombus friends for anyone just beginning
*by R***N on October 1, 2014*

I came across this new paperback volume quite by accident while looking for something else at Amazon, and instantly ordered a copy in one of those knee-jerk reactions that I sometimes come to regret. But there's no regret at all this time - what a gem I found! This is a profusely illustrated, full-color volume that will be a great introduction to our Bombus friends for anyone just beginning, while also containing useful information that will include new material for all but the most knowledgeable of bumble bee devotees. Even Sam Droege is quoted (on the back cover) as saying he learned new things that he'd find useful in his own work. The book is printed on semi-gloss paper and the images are all sharp and clear. The Introduction alone provides a great introduction to bumble bee distribution and diversity, the life cycle of a colony, and the nature of the interaction of bumble bees with plants. Maps show species richness in a large rectangular grid (probably 5 degrees of latitude by 5 degrees of longitude) across North America and the world, as well as the numbers of museum specimens of bumblebees from North America on this same grid. All but southernmost Maine is mapped in the "100-500" specimen range, with the observation that most bumblebee collecting has been around large urban centers. Chapters that follow cover bumble bee observation techniques, how to attract them, a forage guide by ecoregion, maps and season activity, bumble bee decline and conservation, threats to bumble bees, natural enemies, mimicry and distinguishing bumble bees from other insects (including some other Hymenoptera that may to the unknowing appear to be unusual bumble bees), and a "how-to" guide to using the book. This is followed by species accounts of every species known in North America, with the fauna broken down into four major subgroups, based on morphology - the last group being the cuckoo bumble bees. Each species account includes the full name and authority, two to four photographs, and a guide to identification hints, based on characters identifiable in the field with a hand lens, as well as in the lab with a microscope. A map of known occurrences is small but sufficiently detailed to allow one to know whether a species should be expected to be in Maine. Color variations of queens, workers and males are shown diagrammatically - with some species showing significant color pattern variation throughout their range. This is then followed by a short section on "occurrence," which includes the species' range and status, habitat, examples of food plants, behavior (e.g., nesting habits), and whether it is known to be parasitized by other bees or is itself a parasite of others. Following the species accounts is a beautifully photo-illustrated key to identification of both male and female bumble bees, which is then followed by a 4-page illustrated glossary and a page of bumble bee resources. I'm looking forward to some quiet time in the winter when I can sit down and spend some time absorbing everything in this volume, particularly about those species that comprise our own fauna here in Maine. This was certainly money well-spent, and at a bargain price for a colorful field and identification guide!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great guide to bumble bees
*by J***X on May 6, 2014*

There is a great lack of good bee field guides, and this is a wonderful move toward fixing that. The book has great information on the biology of bees, crisp high-res photos (nothing worse than big, fuzzy pictures in a field guide), diagrams of the various possible color patterns, beautiful range maps, really interesting graphs of the queen, worker, male abundances for each species, and good keys for the species if you are technically adept and have a scope. This guide is doubtless more useful to the scientist or graduate student, but is useful for anyone interested in identifying bumble bees to species. I also have the free UDSA books on bumble bees that Williams et al did, but in my opinion this one is better and worth buying if you are using this professionally or as an amateur entomologist.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting read, especially the charts on the life cycle ...
*by C***E on March 14, 2017*

Interesting read, especially the charts on the life cycle of bumblebees. The color pattern chart of each bee was interesting and I'll be interested in using it this summer to identify local bumblebees. There is a brief guide to plants used by the bees in each geographical region, but the bulk of this book is dedicated to the different species. The writing is very straight forward and meant to be informational, which it is. If you are looking to add bumble bee identification to your resume then this book will get you there.

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