1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777065103321

Autore

Delaplane Keith S

Titolo

Crop pollination by bees [[electronic resource] /] / Keith S. Delaplane and Daniel F. Mayer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford [England] ; ; New York, : CABI, c2000

ISBN

1-280-81195-1

9786610811953

0-85199-783-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MayerD. F

Disciplina

333.95/57/16

Soggetti

Pollination by insects

Honeybee

Bee culture

Food crops - Breeding

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-331) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Author Biographies; Preface; Chapter 1 Benefits of Bee Pollination; Chapter 2 Bee Pollination; Chapter 3 Bees: An Overview; Chapter 4 Bee Conservation; Chapter 5 Honey Bees: Biology and Status as Pollinators; Chapter 6 Honey Bees: Simplified Bee-keeping for Pollination; Chapter 7 Honey Bees: Managing Honey Bees for Pollination; Chapter 8 Bumble Bees; Chapter 9 Alkali Bees; Chapter 10 Other Soil Nesting Bees; Chapter 11 Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees; Chapter 12 Orchard Mason Bees; Chapter 13 Carpenter Bees; Chapter 14 Bees and Pesticides; Chapter 15 Alfalfa (Lucerne) Seed

Chapter 16 AlmondChapter 17 Apple; Chapter 18 Asparagus Seed; Chapter 19 Avocado; Chapter 20 Bean (Lima); Chapter 21 Bean (Common, Green, Snap); Chapter 22 Beet Seed; Chapter 23 Blackberry; Chapter 24 Blueberry; Chapter 25 Cabbage and Other Crucifer Seeds; Chapter 26 Canola Seed (Oilseed Rape); Chapter 27 Cantaloupe; Chapter 28 Carrot Seed; Chapter 29 Cherry (Sweet, Sour); Chapter 30 Clover Seed (Alsike); Chapter 31 Clover Seed (Crimson); Chapter 32 Clover Seed (Red); Chapter 33 Clover Seed (White, 'Ladino'); Chapter 34 Clover Seed (Sweet Clovers); Chapter 35 Cotton; Chapter 36 Cranberry



Chapter 37 CucumberChapter 38 Kiwifruit; Chapter 39 Onion Seed; Chapter 40 Peach and Nectarine; Chapter 41 Pear; Chapter 42 Pepper (Bell, Green, Sweet); Chapter 43 Plum and Prune; Chapter 44 Raspberry; Chapter 45 Soybean; Chapter 46 Squash, Pumpkin and Gourd; Chapter 47 Strawberry; Chapter 48 Sunflower Seed; Chapter 49 Tomato; Chapter 50 Watermelon; Chapter 51 Priorities in Technology Development, Research and Education; Appendix 1 Bees and Bee-keeping Books and Supplies; Appendix 2 Sample Bee-keeper/Grower Contract Draft Pollination Agreement For Consideration of Legal Counsel

Appendix 3 Table of PesticidesReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a practical research-based guide to using bees for crop pollination. It emphasizes conserving feral bee populations as well as more traditional methods of culturing honey bees and other bees.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966336503321

Autore

Gilbert Helen <1956->

Titolo

Post-colonial drama : theory, practice, politics / / Helen Gilbert and Joanne Tompkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-87699-8

1-134-87700-5

0-203-42106-X

1-280-33653-6

9786610336531

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TompkinsJoanne <1961->

Disciplina

320

822.009/358

Soggetti

English drama - Foreign countries - History and criticism

Politics and literature - Commonwealth countries - History - 20th century

Commonwealth drama (English) - History and criticism

Political plays, English - History and criticism

Decolonization in literature

Imperialism in literature

Colonies in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-334) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: RE-ACTING (TO) EMPIRE; RE-CITING THE CLASSICS: CANONICAL COUNTER-DISCOURSE; TRADITIONAL ENACTMENTS: RITUAL AND CARNIVAL; POST-COLONIAL HISTORIES; THE LANGUAGES OF RESISTANCE; BODY POLITICS; A PROVISIONAL CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first full-length study to address the ways in which performance has been instrumental in resisting the continuing effects of imperialism. Brings to bear the latest theoretical approaches from post-colonial and performance studies.