Honeybee Ecology : A Study of Adaptation in Social Life / Thomas D. Seeley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seeley, Thomas D., author.

Series:

Monographs in behavior and ecology.

Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ; 431

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insects--Ecology.

Insects.

Honeybee--Ecology.

Honeybee.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Honeybees in Nature

3. The Honeybee Societies

4. The Annual Cycle of Colonies

5. Reproduction

6. Nest Building

7. Food Collection

8. Temperature Control

9. Colony Defense

10. Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Honeybees

Literature Cited

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. [161]-192.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691639352

0691639353

9780691611341

0691611343

9781400857876

1400857872

OCLC:

884013352