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

• Autore: Seeley Thomas D
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.79/9
• Soggetto topico: Honeybee - Food; Honeybee - Behavior
• Classificazione: ES 178
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The wisdom of the hive
• ISBN: 0-674-04340-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778569103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II