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Science 17 October 2003:
Vol. 302. no. 5644, pp. 395 - 396
DOI: 10.1126/science.1088784
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ECOLOGY:
New Buzz on the Humble-Bee

A review by Bernd Heinrich

Bumblebees Their Behaviour and Ecology
by Dave Goulson
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003. 253 pp. $97.50, £55. ISBN 0-19-852606-7. Paper, $45, £27.50. ISBN 0-19-852607-5.

In an attempt to draw public attention to the importance of conserving bumble-bee populations, Goulson offers an overview of our current knowledge of the bees' behavior and ecology and suggests topics for future research.
The reviewer is in the Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA. E-mail: bheinric{at}uvm.edu

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