Bumblebee Economics
A brilliant introduction to insect and plant ecology, this book focuses on one of nature's most adaptive creatures, the bumblebee. Survival for the bumblebee depends on its ability to regulate body temperature, and Heinrich addresses this management of energy resources in his discussions of physiology, behavior, and ecological interaction.
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A brilliant introduction to insect and plant ecology, this book focuses on one of nature's most adaptive creatures, the bumblebee. Survival for the bumblebee depends on its ability to regulate body temperature, and Heinrich addresses this management of energy resources in his discussions of physiology, behavior, and ecological interaction. Matthew M. Douglas - Quarterly Review of Biology A magnificent book that combines the best of both writing and science...Heinrich has performed a masterful job of sharing his personal research efforts and those of others in his field. He has written an extremely interesting book and in the process has shown how one kind of organism can be used as a model to investigate behavior, physiology, ecology and evolution. Bumblebee Economics should serve as a model for good scientific writing.
1The colony cycle72Economy of the colony233The flight machine and its temperature394Warming up555Heating the nest656The heat transfer system797Juggling costs and benefits958Commuting and foraging movements1099Foraging optimization by individual initiative12310Competition between species14711Pollination and energetics16112Ecology and coevolution179App. AHow to rear bumblebees207App. BThe bumblebees of North America215
\ New York Times Book ReviewThis is a remarkable and rewarding book, complementary to, yet in some respects going far beyond, its predecessors. It is highly recommended.\ — Caryl P. Haskins\ \ \ \ \ \ Harper's MagazineExtraordinary...the implications of work such as Heinrich's seem to me more resonant than the promise of a rich harvest of new research.\ — Fred Hapgood\ \ \ \ Quarterly Review of BiologyA magnificent book that combines the best of both writing and science...Heinrich has performed a masterful job of sharing his personal research efforts and those of others in his field. He has written an extremely interesting book and in the process has shown how one kind of organism can be used as a model to investigate behavior, physiology, ecology and evolution. Bumblebee Economics should serve as a model for good scientific writing.\ — Matthew M. Douglas\ \ \ \ \ \ Globe and MailHeinrich is the author of several notable books about nature. This one, first published in 1979, is a classic, a fascinating, readable study of life as organized (sort of) by a most endearing little creature. A new preface summarizes findings of the last quarter-century. A splendid work.\ \ \ \ \ \ New York Times Book ReviewThis is a remarkable and rewarding book, complementary to, yet in some respects going far beyond, its predecessors. It is highly recommended.\ — Caryl P. Haskins\ \ \ \ \ Globe and MailHeinrich is the author of several notable books about nature. This one, first published in 1979, is a classic, a fascinating, readable study of life as organized (sort of) by a most endearing little creature. A new preface summarizes findings of the last quarter-century. A splendid work.\ \ \ \ \ Harper's MagazineExtraordinary...the implications of work such as Heinrich's seem to me more resonant than the promise of a rich harvest of new research.\ — Fred Hapgood\ \ \ \ \ Quarterly Review of BiologyA magnificent book that combines the best of both writing and science...Heinrich has performed a masterful job of sharing his personal research efforts and those of others in his field. He has written an extremely interesting book and in the process has shown how one kind of organism can be used as a model to investigate behavior, physiology, ecology and evolution. Bumblebee Economics should serve as a model for good scientific writing.\ — Matthew M. Douglas\ \
