Potentially Dangerous Bees and Wasps of Hong Kong

Author: John X.Q.Lee
Language: Chinese and English bilingual
ISBN/ISSN: 9789881779731
Published on: 2009-01
Special

This book is the first local publication to discuss potentially dangerous bees and wasps in Hong Kong in detail. The more common or noteworthy species from two families and three subfamilies are covered here, with details of their biology and nesting habits. Ways of avoiding conflict with bees an wasps and emergency measures to adopt if attacked or stung are also described.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
What is a bee or a wasp?
Definition of sociality
The nest
Biology of bees and wasps
Activity periods and colony cycles
Anatomy
How to recognize a social wasp?
Ways in which bees and wasps harm or help us
Avoiding being attacked
I. Apidae
Apissp
Bombus eximius
II. Vespidae-Social wasps of the family Vespidae
1. Vespinae: Hornets and yellowjackets
Vespa bicolor
Vespa velutina
Vespa affinis
Vespa tropica
Vespa ducalis
Vespa soror
Vespula flaviceps
2. Polistinae: Paper wasps
Polostes
Polistes olivaceus
Polistes jokahamae
Polistes rothneyi
Polistes gigas
Polistes japonicus
Polistes Sagittarius
Polistes strigosus
Polistes stigma
3. Parapolybia
Parapolybia nodisa
Parapolybia varia
Parapolybia indica
4. Ropalidia: Small paper wasps
A general overview of some bees and wasps most commonly mistaken as dangerous species
1. Apidae, Xylocopinae
2. Vespidae, Eumeninae
3. Vespodea, Stenogastrinae
4. Sphecidae
5. Pompillidae
6. Scoliidae
Bibliography
Index of Latin names