The Communal Wasps and Bees
of the Atlantic States
(Maine to Georgia)
Al Spoo
ISBN 1-61646-117-9
Retail $44.95 (USD)
146 pp. / Paperback
Full color
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Bumblebees, yellowjackets,
paper wasps, and more . . .
Pennsylvania author and nature enthusiast Al Spoo provides an extensively illustrated (full color) guide to the native and introduced social wasps and communal bees. Readers will be able to see the distinct differences between genders and castes in each species.
There are 10 species of Vespula, 5 species of Dolichovespula, 1 Vespa, 11 Polistes, 19 Bombus, and 1 Apis. Also included is the similar-looking (though non-social) Xylocopa (carpenter bee).
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