Heinrich Friese (Heinrich Friedrich August Karl Ludwig Friese, was born on 4 May, 1860 in Schwerin, and died 8 September, 1948 in Schwerin) was a German

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually specialize in ...

and

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

, specialist of

bee Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyly, monophyletic lineage within the ...

s ( melittologist).Heinrich Friese (1860–1948): Names proposed and notes on a pioneer melittologist (Hymenoptera, Anthophila)
Claus Rasmussen and John S. Ascher, Zootaxa, 1833: 1-118 (2008) Between 1883 and 1939 he described 1,989 new species and 564 new varieties or subspecies of insects, 99% of which were bees.

Major works

He has published 270 scientific articles, including a 6-volume report on European bees (1895-1901). * ''Die Apidae (Blumenwespen) von Argentina nach den Reisenergebnissen der Herren A. C. Jensen-Haarup und P. Jörgensen in den Jahren 1904—1907'', 1908 * ''Die Bienen Europas ( Apidae europaeae).'' Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1969 (Nachdruck der Erstausgabe 1895—1901) * ''Megachilinae, Hymenoptera ; Apidae.'' Friedländer, Berlin 1911 * ''Die europäischen Bienen (Apidae) — Das Leben und Wirken unserer Blumenwespen. Eine Darstellung der Lebensweise unserer wilden wie gesellig lebenden Bienen nach eigenen Untersuchungen für Naturfreunde, Lehrer u. Zoologen.'' Vereinigung Wissenschaftlicher Verleger, Berlin, Leipzig 1922

Tributes

The bee genus '' Eufriesea'' is named after him, along with stingless bee ( Meliponini) genus ''

Frieseomelitta ''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species: * '' Frieseomelitta dispar'' * '' Frieseomelitta doederleini'' * '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis'' * '' Frieseomelit ...

'', as well as a number of separate species such as ''

Megachile friesei ''Megachile friesei'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees. Both that their pollen-carrying structure (called a ''scopa'') is restricted to the ventral surface of the ab ...

'' and '' Sphecodes friesei''. "Eine neue ''Sphecodes''-Art aus Chile." ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' (1908), blz. 470.
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References

External links

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Heinrich Friese on www.culturaapicola.com wiki (Spanish)

German entomologists 19th-century German zoologists 20th-century German zoologists Hymenopterists 1860 births 1948 deaths {{Entomologist-stub