The wisdom of the hive : the social physiology of honey bee colonies / / Thomas D. Seeley
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1995 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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.: | 9910821274903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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