Heinrich Friese

Heinrich Friedrich August Karl Ludwig Friese (4 May 1860, Schwerin – 8 September 1948, Schwerin) was a German biologist and entomologist, a specialist of bees (melittologist).^[1] Between 1883 and 1939, he described 1,989 new species and 564 new varieties or subspecies of insects, 99% of which were bees.^[1]

Heinrich Friese
Born	4 May 1860 Schwerin
Died	8 September 1948 (1948-09-09) (aged 88) Schwerin
Nationality	German
Known for	Melittology
Scientific career
Fields	Entomology and biology
Doctoral students	Adolpho Ducke
Author abbrev. (zoology)	H. Friese

Major works

He has published 270 scientific articles, including a 6-volume report on European bees (1895-1901).^[1]

• 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,^[1] as well as a number of separate species such as Megachile friesei^[2] and Sphecodes friesei.^[3]