Honeybee Nests : Composition, Structure, Function - Hepburn, H.R.; Pirk, C.W.W.; Duangphakdee, O.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
General Introduction -- Nesting: Sites, Space and Density in Comb-building -- Self-organization of Nest Contents -- Intraspecific and Interspecific Comb-building -- Communication by Vibrations and Scents in Comb -- Wax Secretion, Comb Construction and the Queen -- The Significance of Brood -- The Role of Pollen in Honeybee Colonies -- Nectar Flows and Comb-building -- Construction of Combs -- Energetics of Honey/Beeswax Conversion -- Construction of Cells -- Conversion of Wax Scales into Comb Wax -- Material Properties of Scale and Comb Wax -- The Wax Gland Complex -- The Chemistry of Beeswax -- Synthesis of Beeswax -- Material Properties of Honeybee Silk.
Keywords: Entomology; Biophysics; Biological physics; Biomaterials; Bioorganic chemistry; Entomology; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics; Biomaterials; Bioorganic Chemistry