Honeybee democracy
Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. A remarkable and richly illustrated account of scientific discovery, Honeybee Democracy brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pion
eBook, English, ©2010
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©2010
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1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
9781400835959, 9781282820999, 140083595X, 1282820990
670429652
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Prologue; 1 Introduction; 2 Life in a Honeybee Colony; 3 Dream Home for Honeybees; 4 Scout Bees' Debate; 5 Agreement on Best Site; 6 Building a Consensus; 7 Initiating the Move to New Home; 8 Steering the Flying Swarm; 9 Swarm as Cognitive Entity; 10 Swarm Smarts; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; Index
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