Barker, Paul C., et al.
The
Study
of
Insects
. Agr. Ext. Serv., Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1962. 20 pp. ill. (Collection and preservation of insects, general reading.)
Brevoort, Harry F., and Fanning, Eleanor I.
Insects
from
Close
Up
. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York, 1965. 145 pp., 131 photos. (General reading, excellent photographs.)
Frisch, Karl von.
Bees
:
Their
Vision
,
Chemical
Senses
,
and
Language
. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N. Y., 1950. (A classic text and is often used as an example of good scientific procedure by college professors.)
Prisch, Karl von.
The
Dancing
Bees
. Harcourt, Brace Co., New York, 1953. 182 pp., 61 figs., 30 pls. (A must for those who wish to understand how the bee language hypothesia was originally formulated
LaBerge, W. E., and Webb, M. C.
The
Bumblebees
of
Nebraska
. Res. Bull 205, Agr. Exp. Sta., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1962. 38 pp., 12 figs. (Technical reading.)
Lindauer, Martin.
Communication
Among
Social
Bees
. Harvard University Press, 1961. (Lindauer continued the studies of Prof. von Frisch by concentrating on the behavior of swarm bees and stingless bees.)
Maeterlinck, Maurice
The
Life
of
the
Bee
. Mentor Books, New York, 1954. 168 pp. (General reading.)
McGregor, S. E., et al.
Beekeeping
in
the
United
States
. Agr. Handb. No. 335, U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C., 1967. 147 pp., ill. (Technical reading.)
Ribble, D. W. “A List of Recent Publications on the Alkali Bee,
Nomia melanderi
, with Notes on Related Species of Bees”. Sci. Monog. 11, Agr. Exp. Sta., Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, 1968. 18 pp. (Technical reading.)
Rosa, Edward S.
Insects
Close
Up
:
Pictorial
Guide
for
Photographer
and
Collector
. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, 1953. 81 pp., 125 figs., (7 color). (General reading.)
Ross, Herbert H.
How
to
Collect
and
Preserve
Insects
. Cir. 39, Illinois Nat. Hist. Survey, Urbana, 1966. 71 pp., 79 figs. (General reading.)
Swain, Ralph B.
The
Insect
Guide
. Doubleday & Co., Garden City, N. Y., 1948. 261 pp., 175 figs., (159 color). (General reading.)
Swan, Lester A., and Papp, Charles S.
The
Common
Insects
of
North America
. Harper ~ Row, 1972. 750 pp. (2,450 individual blackandwhite drawings and eight full color plates). (General reading.)
Teale, Edwin Way.
The
Golden Throng
:
A
Book
About Bees
. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1946. 208 pp., 85 photos. (General reading.)
Timberlake, P. H. “A Revisional Study of the Bees of the Genua
Perdita
F. Smith, with Special Reference to the Fauna of the Pacific Coast (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)”. Univ. of California Pubs. Ent., 1954 68. 7 pts: 931 pp., 1471 figs. (Technical reading.)
Wenner, A. M. “Sound Communication in Honey Bees”. Scientific American, April, 1964. (Sound production during the waggle dance of the honey bee.)
Insects
:
Yearbook
of
Agriculture
1952
, U. S. Dept. Agr., Supt. of Documents, U. S. Govt. Print. Office, Washington, D. C., 952 pp., 80 pls., (72 color). (General reading.)
Film:
Marvels
of
the
Hive
. McGraw Hill. 20 minutes, sound, color. (A complete documentary of the life cycle of the honeybee, emphasizing instinctive behavior patterns.)