Honeybee Ecology :A Study of Adaptation in Social Life ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle :A Study of Adaptation in Social Life

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Seeley Thomas D.;;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400857876

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691083919

Subject: Q96 Entomology

Keyword: 昆虫学

Language: ENG

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Description

The book presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective.

Originally published in 1985.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Chapter

1 Introduction

2 Honeybees in Nature

3 The Honeybee Societies

4 The Annual Cycle of Colonies

5 Reproduction

6 Nest Building

7 Food Collection

8 Temperature Control

9 Colony Defense

10 Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Honeybees

Literature Cited

Author Index

Subject Index

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