Annotated Bibliography of Russian and Soviet Publications on the Bees 1771-2002 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea; excluding Apis mellifera)

• Description

The Bibliography includes all scientific papers concerning melittology (a field of the study of bees in all aspects except for those related to management and practical utilisation of Apis mellifera) published by citizens of the Russian Empire and/or the former Soviet Union. The publications are annotated in English, but also provided with original spelling of the author(s), title and source. Their description includes additional characteristics: main language of the publication; language of the summary; number of figures, tables, and references; date of publication. Publications are arranged according to the Latin alphabet of author names and in chronological order for publications of each author. The Bibliography comprises of 3027 publications written by 1126 authors (including co-authors).