Honeybees of Asia

The Asian species of Apis / Sarah E. Radloff, H.R. Hepburn, and Michael S. Engel -- Phylogeny of the genus Apis / Nikolaus Koeniger, Gudrun Koeniger, and Deborah Smith -- Biogeography / H.R. Hepburn and Sarah E. Radloff -- Asian honeybees and mitochondrial DNA / Deborah R. Smith -- Genetic considerations / Catherine L. Sole and Christian W.W. Pirk -- Biology of nesting / Mananya Phiancharoen, Orawan Duangphakdee, and H.R. Hepburn -- Absconding, migration and swarming / H.R. Hepburn -- Comparative reproductive biology of honeybees / Gudrun Koeniger, Nikolaus Koeniger, and Mananya Phiancharoen -- Pheromones / Christian W.W. Pirk, Catherine L. Sole, and R.M. Crewe -- Honeybees in natural ecosystems / Richard T. Corlett -- The pollination role of honeybees -- Uma Partap -- Foraging / D.P. Abrol -- Energetic aspects of flight / H.R. Hepburn, Christian W.W. Pirk, and Sarah E. Radloff -- The dance language / Orawan Duangphakdee, H.R. Hepburn, and J??rgen Tautz -- Diseases of Asian honeybees / Ingemar Fries -- Asian honeybee mites / Natapot Warrit and Chariya Lekprayoon -- Colony defence and natural enemies / Stefan Fuchs and J??rgen Tautz -- Self-assembly processes in honeybees : the phenomenon of shimmering / Gerald Kastberger, Frank Weihmann, and Thomas Hoetzl -- Interspecific interactions among Asian honeybees / Ming-Xian Yang ... [et al.] -- Bibliography of the Asian species of honeybees / H.R. Hepburn and Colleen Hepburn.