Paarungsbiologie und Paarungskontrolle bei der Honigbiene

2nd edition, Herten 2014, HC., 383 pages, 221 illustrations. Gudrun and Nikolaus Koeniger made acquaintance with bees as children and were instantly fascinated by the “wondrous life” of these insects. So it was no coincidence that the two of them met while studying biology in Freiburg in 1962 and a close collaboration developed. Their joint move to the University of Frankfurt in 1965 was also due to the bees. It was at a time when Prof. Friedrich Ruttner took over the management of the Institute for Apiculture in Oberursel that, together with Prof. Martin Lindauer’s working group, soon became a “Mecca” for bee research and cast a spell on “the Koenigers”. Born on 24 September 1948 in Brake, Friedrich-Karl Tiesler took over his father’s bee colony at the age of 14. Since then, the population has been rising exponentially and breeding—raising queens and selecting efficient, peaceful and resilient colonies—has become the primary focus of Tiesler’s life. In German.