02749nam 2200601Ia 450 991082127490332120240416152421.00-674-04340-510.4159/9780674043404(CKB)1000000000805680(OCoLC)456408074(CaPaEBR)ebrary10331300(SSID)ssj0000272733(PQKBManifestationID)11205677(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272733(PQKBWorkID)10309636(PQKB)11705872(Au-PeEL)EBL3300714(CaPaEBR)ebr10331300(OCoLC)923116421(DE-B1597)585462(DE-B1597)9780674043404(MiAaPQ)EBC3300714(EXLCZ)99100000000080568019950201d1995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe wisdom of the hive the social physiology of honey bee colonies /Thomas D. Seeley1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press19951 online resource (318 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-95376-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-289) and index.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 -- IndexThis 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.HoneybeeFoodHoneybeeBehaviorHoneybeeFood.HoneybeeBehavior.595.79/9ES 178rvkSeeley Thomas D511088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821274903321The wisdom of the hive4091836UNINA