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A multi-authored work on the basic biology of Asian honeybees, written by expert specialists in the field, this book highlights phylogeny, classification, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, biogeography, genetics, physiology, pheromones, nesting, self-assembly processes, swarming, migration and absconding, reproduction, ecology, foraging and flight, dance languages, pollination, diseases/pests, colony defensiveness and natural enemies, honeybee mites, and interspecific interactions. Comprehensively covering the widely dispersed literature published in European as well as Asian-language journals and books, Honeybees of Asia provides an essential foundation for future research.

Apis (Insects) -- Asia. --- Honeybee -- Asia. --- Honeybee. --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Honeybee --- Apis mellifera --- European honeybee --- Hive bee --- Honey bee --- Life sciences. --- Animal genetics. --- Animal physiology. --- Invertebrates. --- Entomology. --- Life Sciences. --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Animal Physiology. --- Apis (Insects) --- Bees --- Bee culture --- Animal physiology --- Animals --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Genetics --- Invertebrata --- Insects --- Physiology --- Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Classification --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy

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This work, a sequel to Honeybees and Wax published nearly 30 years ago, starts with a brief introduction and discussion of nesting sites, their spaces and densities, self-organization of nest contents, and interspecific utilization of beeswax. The following chapters cover communication by vibrations and scents and wax secretion, and discuss the queen in relation to the combs. Discussions on completed nests include the significance of brood, the roles of pollen and nectar flow, and comb-building, and are followed by a triad of related chapters on the construction of cells and combs and their energetic costs. An in-depth examination of the conversion of wax scales into combs, the material properties of scale and comb waxes, and the wax gland complex are presented. The next chapters are devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the literature on the chemistry and synthesis of beeswax, and, finally, the material properties of honeybee silk are highlighted.

Bees -- Classification. --- Bees. --- Biomaterials. --- Bioorganic chemistry. --- Entomology. --- Life sciences. --- Honeybee --- Beeswax --- Honeycombs --- Bioenergetics --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Nests --- Behavior --- Beeswax. --- Bioenergetics. --- Behavior. --- Energy balance (Biology) --- Energy budget (Biology) --- Energy dynamics (Ecology) --- Energy utilization (Biology) --- Biophysics. --- Biological physics. --- Life Sciences. --- Biophysics and Biological Physics. --- Bioorganic Chemistry. --- Biochemistry --- Energy budget (Geophysics) --- Bee products --- Waxes --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Bio-organic chemistry --- Biological organic chemistry --- Chemistry, Organic --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Insects --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Biological physics --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Physics --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)