
The Buzz About Bees: Biology Of A Superorganism
Tis book, already translated into ten languages, may at frst sight appear to be just about honeybees and their biology. It c- tains, however, a number of deeper messages related to some of the most basic and important principles of modern biology. Te bees are merely the actors that take us into the realm of phys- ology, genetics, reproduction, biophysics and learning, and that introduce us to the ...
Hardcover: 284 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (May 20, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9783540787273
ISBN-13: 978-3540787273
ASIN: 3540787275
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.5 x 9.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 472400
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“Very Informative book...I have been studying and keeping honey bees for 11 years and have always wanted to know more about bee-havior.This book takes me into another way of appreciating the honey bee as a super organism and it's symbiotic role with f...”
rinciples of natural selection underlying the evolution of simple to complex life forms. Te book destroys the cute notion of bees as anthropomorphic icons of busy self-sacr -i fcing individuals and presents us with the reality of the colony as an integrated and independent being―a “superorganism”―with its own, almost eerie, emergent group intelligence. We are s- prised to learn that no single bee, from queen through drone to sterile worker, has the oversight or control over the colony. - stead, through a network of integrated control systems and fee- backs, and communication between individuals, the colony - rives at consensus decisions from the bottom up through a type of “swarm intelligence”. Indeed, there are remarkable parallels between the functional organization of a swarming honeybee colony and vertebrate brains.
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