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Where do the bees go?: An exploration of key UK forage species for pollinators by Lesley Jacques
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Where do the bees go?: An exploration of key UK forage species for pollinators by Lesley Jacques

£20.00

Lesley Jacques provides the reader with an informative and detailed data set of different flowers where the bees go to forage. The book contains various colour illustrations and datasets on bee forage potential, notes on pollen data, pollen coefficients, pollen aperture morphology and honey potential. This information, which at the time was complied in efforts of attaining a UK National Diploma in Beekeeping, helps beekeepers better understand the environment around them and why bees choose their destination while foraging.

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“This book was conceived following work carried out in pursuit of the UK National Diploma in Beekeeping. As a UK programme, the NDB necessarily focuses on a select group of plant species which are key to honey bees in the British Isles. However those plants that are of value to honey bees are often equally valuable to other UK pollinators and so of interest to anyone who has a love of insects, or indeed, botany.

The original work contained pressed botanical samples; these have been scanned to high resolution for inclusion in this book, preserving much of the detail that would be lost in either photographs or illustrations. Those scans are augmented by photographs of each species at different life stages and photomicrographs of the pollen from each species. This is brought together with information around the plant families, ecology, and for the beekeepers’ benefit, potential for honey production.”

Publication Details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Northern Bee Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 31 Jan. 2025
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 122 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1914934954
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1914934957
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 413 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.01 x 0.84 x 29.69 cm

Part No. BE-BK019

Additional information

Weight 0.6 kg

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