Honeybees are as small as flies or as large as hornets, nesting in nar row cavities of trees and rocks or in the open on large limbs of trees 30 m above ground.

The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research. But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand b

Intraspecific communication involves the activation of chemoreceptors and subsequent activation of different central areas that coordinate the responses of the

This book summarizes the current progress of bee researchers investigating the status of honey bees and possible reasons for their decline, providing a basis fo