Book Review

Abstract

John Free is noted for his work on the behaviour and pheromones of social bees. The book is comprised of 17 chapters dealing principally with A. mellifera with a small section at the end of most chapters relating to other Apis species-A. dorsata, A. ceranu and A. floreu. There are 2 chapters relating specifically to bumblebees, Bornbus spp. The book provides major coverage of the subject selected from 465 references of which 19 are papers by J. Free and a further 39 by J. Free and others.