Honey Bees vote on their home’s location by doing a “waggle dance” to sway the hive!
Books
Recommended by Paul Naftzger
All books can be purchased from Amazon via the links below. We do not carry them for sale ourselves, however we do own a copy of each book in the list.
Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
If you’re into beetles, check out the Cerambycidae family, better known as longhorned beetles. They’re a huge group in the insect world, with about 20,000 species already named around the globe and plenty more out there waiting to be found. You’ll spot them on every continent except Antarctica.
What makes these beetles cool is their big size, wild colors, and textured bodies, which actually help make them pretty easy to ID, even with around 1,100 species in North America (not counting Mexico). This guide plays off those traits to make spotting them straightforward for anyone interested.
It comes loaded with more than 600 color photos and covers 342 of the 344 known species and subspecies from northeastern North America. You’ll get the key details to tell them apart, plus info on where they live, when they’re active through the seasons, and what their larvae like to munch on.
Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide (Princeton Field Guides)
Bumble Bees of North America is a comprehensive guide to North American bumble bees. It contains detailed illustrations, maps, diagrams and graphs of seasonal activity patterns, allowing you more accurately identify all 46 bumble bee species found in North America.
Dragonflies of the North Woods (Naturalist Series)
Dragonflies Of The North Woods is a comprehensive book about all 102 species of dragonflies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario. The book is filled with over 250 high quality pictures and over 30 illustrations. The detailed maps and latest survey data can help you accurately identify Dragonflies in North America.