1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778569103321

Autore

Seeley Thomas D

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-674-04340-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Classificazione

ES 178

Disciplina

595.79/9

Soggetti

Honeybee - Food

Honeybee - Behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910163899603321

Autore

MacInnes Iain A.

Titolo

Scotland's Second War of Independence, 1332-1357 / / Iain A. MacInnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : , : The Boydell Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-78204-872-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Warfare in history

Disciplina

941.103

Soggetti

Scotland History War of Independence, 1285-1371

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Apr 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Anglo-Scottish relations, 1332-1357 -- The organisation of war -- Dramatis Personae: military biographies -- The conduct and realities of war -- Perceptions of war.

Sommario/riassunto

The Second Scottish War of Independence began in 1332, only four years after the previous conflict had ended. Fought once more for the continued freedom of Scotland from English conquest, the war also witnessed a revival of Scottish civil conflict as the Bruce-Balliol fight for the Scottish crown recommenced once more. Breaking out sporadically until peace was agreed in 1357, the Second Scottish War is a conflict that resides still in the shadow of that which preceded it: compared to the wars of William Wallace and Robert Bruce, Edward I and Edward II, this second phase of Anglo-Scottish warfare is neither well-known nor well-understood.<BR> This book sets out to examine in detail the military campaigns of this period, to uncover the histories of those who fought in the war, and to analyse the behaviour of combatants from both sides during ongoing periods of both civil war and Anglo-Scottish conflict. It analyses contemporary records and literary evidence in order to reconstruct the history of this conflict and reconsiders current debates regarding: the capabilities of the Scottish military; the nature of contemporary combat; the ambitions and abilities of fourteenth-century military leaders; and the place of chivalry on the medieval battlefield.<BR><BR>  Dr Iain A. MacInnes is a Lecturer and Programme Leader in Scottish History at the UHI Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands.