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Honeybee Democracy
Artikel-Nr:
9780691147215
Veröffentl:
2010
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.11.2010
Seiten:
280
Autor:
Thomas D. Seeley
Gewicht:
1022 g
Format:
244x210x28 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Thomas D. Seeley ist Professor am Fachbereich für Neurobiologie und Verhalten an der Cornell University. Er studierte in den 70-er Jahren bei den großen Verhaltensbiologen und Ameisenexperten Bert Hölldobler und Edward O. Wilson an der Harvard University und erforscht seitdem intensiv das Leben von Bienen. Für seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten wurde er mehrfach ausgezeichnet, u.a. von der Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung.
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 pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees.
Prologue 1 Chapter 1: Introdu ction 3 Chapter 2: Life in a Honeybee Colony 20 Chapter 3: Dream Home for Honeybees 43 Chapter 4: Scout Bees' Debate 73 Chapter 5: A greement on Best Site 99 Chapter 6: Buildi ng a Consensus 118 Chapter 7: Initiating the Move to New Home 146 Chapter 8: Steering the Flying Swarm 175 Chapter 9: Swarm as Cognitive Entity 198 Chapter 10: Swarm Smarts 218 EPILOGUE 233 Notes 237 Acknowledgments 261 Illustration Credits 265 Index 271