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Australian native bees, written by: Anne Dollin, Katja Hogendoorn, Tim Heard, Saul Cunningham, Romina Rader, Manu Saunders, Tanya Latty, Caragh Threlfall, Tobias Smith, Megan Halcroft, Danielle Lloyd-Prichard ; compiled by Danielle Lloyd-Prichard ; editor: David Brouwer ; graphic design: Dean Morris

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Australian native bees

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written by: Anne Dollin, Katja Hogendoorn, Tim Heard, Saul Cunningham, Romina Rader, Manu Saunders, Tanya Latty, Caragh Threlfall, Tobias Smith, Megan Halcroft, Danielle Lloyd-Prichard ; compiled by Danielle Lloyd-Prichard ; editor: David Brouwer ; graphic design: Dean Morris

AgGuide : a practical handbook

Combining the substantial expertise of many of Australia's leading native bee researchers, this book is a guide to observing and keeping Australia's broad range of native bee species

Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Bee biology and behaviour -- Introduction -- The bee life cycle -- Nest sites -- Sex in bees -- Mating -- The structure and function of bees -- Foraging behaviour of bees -- Parasitic bees -- The social life of bees -- 2. Bees as pollinators -- What is pollination? -- The interdependence of bees and flowers -- Pollinator efficiency -- 3. Agricultural beescapes -- Why do we need bees in agricultural landscapes? -- Who pollinates? -- Managed honey bees : paying for pollination -- Feral honey bees : free pollination -- Wild pollinators : free pollination -- Pollinator diversity in crops -- Pollination, crop quantity and quality -- Things you can do to keep bees and wild pollinators in your crop landscape -- 4. Native bees for pollination services in agriculture -- Native bees are important pollinators -- What makes a good pollinator? -- Management of pollinating insects -- Pollination of subtropical horticultural crops by stingless bees -- Managing stingless bee hives on farms -- Bees as flying doctors -- 5. Urban bee ecology -- Global urbanisation -- Important biodiversity refuges in cities -- Urban bees -- Home gardens -- Community and market gardens -- Green roofs -- Public gardens or botanic gardens -- Parklands and remnant vegetation -- Techniques for attracting pollinators -- Major urban native bee species -- Threats to urban bees -- 6. Creating artificial nest sites for Australian solitary and semi-social bees -- Introduction -- Nesting strategies of Australian solitary bees -- Providing nest sites for aboveground cavity-nesting solitary bees -- Providing nest sites for ground-nesting solitary bees -- Nest blocks for blue banded bees : the Les Dollin way -- Ground nesting areas -- Male bee roosting sites -- Wasps in nest blocks and bamboos -- Ant invaders -- To bee hotel or not bee hotel? -- 7. Bee identification -- Introduction -- The anatomy of a bee -- Is that a bee? -- Male and female bees -- Features of ground-nesting bees -- General features of families and genera -- Cuckoo bees -- Bee identification glossary -- 8. Stingless bees -- Introduction -- Diversity and distribution -- Social behaviour -- Nest architecture -- Brood rearing -- Defence -- Temperature regulation -- Hive design and construction -- Establishing a stingless bee colony in a hive box -- Transferring a stingless bee colony -- Budding (duplication, eduction or soft splitting) -- Splitting stingless bee hives -- Honey from stingless bee hives -- Where you can keep stingless bees -- Protetcting colonies from weather extremes -- Fighting swarms -- Resin from the cadaghi tree -- Natural enemies of stingless bees -- 9. Capturing, photographing and classifying bees -- Non-destructive catch, chill, photograph and release technique -- Observe and catch -- Chill to induce sleep -- Photograph -- Release -- Photographic tips -- How to use PaDIL to identify bees -- Keep at it! -- 10. Bee biosecurity -- What is it? -- Biosecurity in the honey bee industry -- How can you help? -- Bee pests and diseases -- What mite is that? -- Introduced bees in Australia -- Regulations -- Appendix 1. Frequently asked questions about Australian native bees

AgGuide, a practical handbook : Australian native bees