TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sumner,Seirian
TI  - Endless forms: the secret world of wasps 
SN  - 9780008394479
AV  - QL568 SUM 
PY  - 2022///
PB  - William Collins
KW  - Wasps
KW  - Wasps behavior
N1  - Includes index; Part one: The problem with wasps
Part two: The obsessions of wasp whisperers
Part three: How to have a social life
Part four: Playing the game
Part five: Dinner with Aristotle
Part six: Nature's pest controllers
Part seven: The secret pollinators
Last word: A future with wasps
N2  - "Endless Forms opens our eyes to the highly complex and diverse world of wasps. Wasps are 100 million years older than bees; there are ten times more wasp species than there are bees. There are wasps that spend their entire lives sealed inside a fig; wasps that turn cockroaches into living zombies; wasps that live inside other wasps. There are wasps that build citadels that put our own societies to shame, marked by division of labor, rebellions and policing, monarchies, leadership contests, undertakers, police, negotiators, and social parasites. Wasps are nature’s most misunderstood insect: as predators and pollinators, they keep the planet’s ecological balance in check. Wasps are nature’s pest controllers; a world without wasps would be just as ecologically devastating as losing the bees, or beetles, or butterflies?--Amazon.com
ER  -