Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects

A practical popular account of the stinging Hymenoptera found in Britain, surveying solitary and social bees, wasps, and ants. It explains nesting and provisioning behaviors, cuckoo and parasitic species, and digging and leaf-cutting habits; describes pollen-collecting, tongue and wing structures, developmental stages, sexual differences, color variation, distribution, and methods for recognizing and breeding species. Numerous illustrations and colored plates accompany taxonomic descriptions and field observations intended to guide naturalists and encourage further study.