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Autore |
Seeley Thomas D |
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Titolo |
The wisdom of the hive : the social physiology of honey bee colonies / / Thomas D. Seeley |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1995 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Honeybee - Food |
Honeybee - Behavior |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-289) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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