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The book explores the intricate organization of honey bee colonies through over fifteen years of research. It delves into the unique communication methods bees use, such as the shaking signal, tremble dance, and waggle dance, to coordinate resource gathering. Thomas Seeley's findings provide a detailed understanding of how thousands of bees operate as a cohesive unit, addressing a fundamental question in biology about how individual components collaborate to create a complex, functioning society.
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The Wisdom of the Hive, Thomas Dyer Seeley
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- 1996
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- Title
- The Wisdom of the Hive
- Subtitle
- The Social Physiology of Honey Bee Colonies
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Thomas Dyer Seeley
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Publisher
- 1996
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 318
- ISBN13
- 9780674953765
- Category
- Biology
- Description
- The book explores the intricate organization of honey bee colonies through over fifteen years of research. It delves into the unique communication methods bees use, such as the shaking signal, tremble dance, and waggle dance, to coordinate resource gathering. Thomas Seeley's findings provide a detailed understanding of how thousands of bees operate as a cohesive unit, addressing a fundamental question in biology about how individual components collaborate to create a complex, functioning society.