Bees are critically important for ecosystem function and biodiversity maintenance through their pollinating activity. This book provides a collection of computational methods to those primarily interested in the study of the ecology, ethology, and ecotoxicology of bees. It presents numerous case studies to enable readers to understand the appropriateness but also the limitations of models in theoretical and applied bee research. Written by an international team of experts, this book covers the main types of modeling approaches that can be used in terrestrial ecology and applied ecotoxicology.

Automatic Systems for Capturing the Normal and Abnormal Behaviors of Honey Bees. Computational Modeling of Organization in Honey Bee Societies Based on Adaptive Role Allocation. Illustrating the Contrasting Roles of Self-Organization in Biological Systems with Two Case Histories of Collective Decision Making in the Honey Bee. Models for the Recruitment and Allocation of Honey Bee Foragers. Infectious Disease Modeling for Honey Bee Colonies. Honey Bee Ecology from an Urban Landscape Perspective: The Spatial Ecology of Feral Honey Bees. QSAR Modeling of Pesticide Toxicity to Bees. Mathematical Models for the Comprehension of Chemical Contamination into the Hive. Agent-Based Modeling of the Long-Term Effects of Pyriproxyfen on Honey Bee Population. Simulation of Solitary (non-Apis) Bees Competing for Pollen. Estimating the Potential Range Expansion and Environmental Impact of the Invasive Bee-Hawking Hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax. Index.