Charles Duncan Michener was an American entomologist born in Pasadena, California. He was a leading expert on bees, his magnum opus being The Bees of the World published in 2000. Wikipedia
Born: September 22, 1918, Pasadena, CA
Died: November 1, 2015 (age 97 years), Lawrence, KS
Education: University of California, Berkeley (1941)
Partner: Mary H. Michener (1941–)
Affiliation: University of Kansas
Research interests: Systematics & biology of bees, Sociobiology, and Evolution
Books
The bees of the world
2000
A Study of the Classification of the More Primitive Non-Parasitic Anthophorine Bees: Hymenoptera, Apoidea
The Social Behavior of the Bees: A Comparative Study
1974
American Social Insects: A Book about Bees, Ants, Wasps, and Termites
1951
The Biology Of Social Insects: Proceedings Of The Ninth Congress Of The International Union For The Study Of Social Insects
1982
Bees Of Panama: American Museum Of Natural History, V104
2012