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The Bumblebees of Essex: cover illustration by Ted Benton Lopinga Books: The Nature of Essex Series No. 4

page updated 10 November 2018

The Bumblebees of Essex

Ted Benton
ISBN 0-9530362-4-3
published Jun-05
A5 hardback 204 pages including 16 pages of colour plates

Price £12.50 (post-free in the UK)
  • The first book on the bumblebees of any British county
  • Full colour photographs of all the bumblebees of Essex and southern England, plus a selection of insects which mimic bumblebees
  • Identification keys for all the bumblebees of southern England
  • National and local status summaries plus detailed Essex distribution maps
  • Chapters on natural history, ecology, relation of bumblebees to humans
  • An essential book for anyone interested in bumblebees anywhere in England