The wisdom of the hive : the social physiology of honey bee colonies / Thomas D. Seeley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seeley, Thomas D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Honeybee--Food.

Honeybee.

Honeybee--Behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes and illustrates the results of more than fifteen years of elegant experimental studies conducted by the author to investigate how a colony of bees is organized to gather its resources. The results of his research--including studies of the shaking signal, tremble dance, and waggle dance--offer the clearest, most detailed picture available of how a highly integrated animal society works.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

PART I. INTRODUCTION

1. The Issues

2. The Honey Bee Colony

3. The Foraging Abilities of a Colony

PART II. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS

4. Methods and Equipment

5. Allocation of Labor among Forage Sites

6. Coordination of Nectar Collecting and Nectar Processing

7. Regulation of Comb Construction

8. Regulation of Pollen Collection

9. Regulation of Water Collection

PART III. OVERVIEW

10. The Main Features of Colony Organization

11. Enduring Lessons from the Hive

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-289) and index.

ISBN:

9780674043404

0674043405

OCLC:

456408074