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- Honeybee Ecology: A Study of Adaptation in Social Life
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology
summary
The book presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective.
Originally published in 1985.
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Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- 1 Introduction
- pp. 3-8
- 2 Honeybees in Nature
- pp. 9-19
- 3 The Honeybee Societies
- pp. 20-38
- 4 The Annual Cycle of Colonies
- pp. 39-48
- 5 Reproduction
- pp. 49-70
- 6 Nest Building
- pp. 71-79
- 7 Food Collection
- pp. 80-106
- 8 Temperature Control
- pp. 107-122
- 9 Colony Defense
- pp. 123-137
- 10 Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Honeybees
- pp. 138-160
- Literature Cited
- pp. 161-192
- Author Index
- pp. 193-196
- Subject Index
- pp. 197-202
Additional Information
ISBN
9781400857876
Related ISBN(s)
9780691083919, 9780691083926, 9780691611341, 9780691639352
MARC Record
OCLC
889251806
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No