Life Cycle of the Solitary Melittidae Bees, The
- Synopsis
- Looks at three genera which make up the melittidae bees, whose life cycle is intimately involved with the flowering of specific plants from which they feed. The major part of the film considers the biology of macropis.
- Language
- English
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 27 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1979
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
- Uses
- Illustrative material for such topics as insight into the behaviour of solitary bees, as an example of co-evolution, and to show an intermediate group between primitive and fully colonial types of ‘Apoidea’.*
- Subjects
- Biology
- Keywords
- bees
Credits
- Director
- R Desmier de Chenon
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Distributor
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