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The Biology of the Honey Bee

Author : Mark L. Winston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674744209
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Biology of the Honey Bee written by Mark L. Winston and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991-04-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ancient cave paintings of honey bee nests to modern science’s richly diversified investigation of honey bee biology and its applications, the human imagination has long been captivated by the mysterious and highly sophisticated behavior of this paragon among insect societies. In the first broad treatment of honey bee biology to appear in decades, Mark Winston provides rare access to the world of this extraordinary insect. In a bright and engaging style, Winston probes the dynamics of the honey bee’s social organization. He recreates for us the complex infrastructure of the nest, describes the highly specialized behavior of workers, queens, and drones, and examines in detail the remarkable ability of the honey bee colony to regulate its functions according to events within and outside the nest. Winston integrates into his discussion the results of recent studies, bringing into sharp focus topics of current bee research. These include the exquisite architecture of the nest and its relation to bee physiology; the intricate division of labor and the relevance of a temporal caste structure to efficient functioning of the colony; and, finally, the life-death struggles of swarming, supersedure, and mating that mark the reproductive cycle of the honey bee. The Biology of the Honey Bee not only reviews the basic aspects of social behavior, ecology, anatomy, physiology, and genetics, it also summarizes major controversies in contemporary honey bee research, such as the importance of kin recognition in the evolution of social behavior and the role of the well-known dance language in honey bee communication. Thorough, well-illustrated, and lucidly written, this book will for many years be a valuable resource for scholars, students, and beekeepers alike.

The Biology of the Honey Bee

Author : Mark L. Winston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674074095
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Biology of the Honey Bee written by Mark L. Winston and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book not only reviews the basic aspects of social behavior, ecology, anatomy, physiology, and genetics, it also summarizes major controversies in contemporary honey bee research, such as the importance of kin recognition in the evolution of social behavior and the role of the well-known dance language in honey bee communication.

Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping

Author : Dewey Maurice Caron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781878075291
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (752 download)

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Download or read book Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping written by Dewey Maurice Caron and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Asian Honey Bees

Author : Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674041622
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Asian Honey Bees written by Benjamin P. Oldroyd and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research. But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift focus to the indigenous Asian honey bees. Benjamin Oldroyd, well known for his work on the genetics and evolution of worker sterility, has teamed with Siriwat Wongsiri, a pioneer of the study of bees in Thailand, to provide a comparative work synthesizing the rapidly expanding Asian honey bee literature. After introducing the species, the authors review evolution and speciation, division of labor, communication, and nest defense. They underscore the pressures colonies face from pathogens, parasites, and predators--including man--and detail the long and amazing history of the honey hunt. This book provides a cornerstone for future investigations on these species, insights into the evolution across species, and a direction for conservation efforts to protect these keystone species of Asia's tropical forests.

Mating Biology of Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera)

Author : Gudrun Koeniger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781878075383
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (753 download)

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Download or read book Mating Biology of Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera) written by Gudrun Koeniger and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Honeybee Democracy

Author : Thomas D. Seeley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140083595X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Honeybee Democracy written by Thomas D. Seeley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. In the late spring and early summer, as a bee colony becomes overcrowded, a third of the hive stays behind and rears a new queen, while a swarm of thousands departs with the old queen to produce a daughter colony. Seeley describes how these bees evaluate potential nest sites, advertise their discoveries to one another, engage in open deliberation, choose a final site, and navigate together--as a swirling cloud of bees--to their new home. Seeley investigates how evolution has honed the decision-making methods of honeybees over millions of years, and he considers similarities between the ways that bee swarms and primate brains process information. He concludes that what works well for bees can also work well for people: any decision-making group should consist of individuals with shared interests and mutual respect, a leader's influence should be minimized, debate should be relied upon, diverse solutions should be sought, and the majority should be counted on for a dependable resolution. An impressive exploration of animal behavior, Honeybee Democracy shows that decision-making groups, whether honeybee or human, can be smarter than even the smartest individuals in them.

The Anatomy of the Honey Bee

Author : Dr. R. E. Snodgrass
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789120144
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The Anatomy of the Honey Bee written by Dr. R. E. Snodgrass and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As a world authority on insect anatomy, Snodgrass has given us this book a brilliant account of the anatomy of the honey bee and how it relates to the way that bees develop and how and why they function as they do in their interesting communal life. This book should be in the library of every student of the honey bee and bee behaviour—beekeepers as well as scientists. The book is delightfully written and is enjoyable reading.”—American Bee Journal “This is not just a technical reference book on honey bee anatomy. It is far more, it is essentially a treatise on entomology, using one species as an example, and including a discussion of the fundamentals of embryology, development, and metamorphosis as well as anatomy. The subject of each chapter is approached from the broadest evolutionary point of view, and its horizon includes all the arthropods and beyond, so that the bee really typifies animal life in general. Finally, the language of the book is such that it can be read straight through with pleasure....It is a delight to follow the author through this complete examination of one insect: how it develops, how it grows, and how it operates.”—Entomological News

The Lives of Bees

Author : Thomas D. Seeley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691166765
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Lives of Bees written by Thomas D. Seeley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Drawing on the latest science as well as insights from his own pioneering fieldwork, he describes in extraordinary detail how honey bees live in nature and shows how this differs significantly from their lives under the management of beekeepers. Seeley presents an entirely new approach to beekeeping--Darwinian Beekeeping--which enables honey bees to use the toolkit of survival skills their species has acquired over the past thirty million years, and to evolve solutions to the new challenges they face today. He shows beekeepers how to use the principles of natural selection to guide their practices, and he offers a new vision of how beekeeping can better align with the natural habits of honey bees.

The Solitary Bees

Author : Bryan N. Danforth
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691189323
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Solitary Bees written by Bryan N. Danforth and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary bees While social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the world. The vast majority of bees lead solitary lives, surviving without the help of a hive and using their own resources to fend off danger and protect their offspring. This book draws on new research to provide a comprehensive and authoritative overview of solitary bee biology, offering an unparalleled look at these remarkable insects. The Solitary Bees uses a modern phylogenetic framework to shed new light on the life histories and evolution of solitary bees. It explains the foraging behavior of solitary bees, their development, and competitive mating tactics. The book describes how they construct complex nests using an amazing variety of substrates and materials, and how solitary bees have co-opted beneficial mites, nematodes, and fungi to provide safe environments for their brood. It looks at how they have evolved intimate partnerships with flowering plants and examines their associations with predators, parasites, microbes, and other bees. This up-to-date synthesis of solitary bee biology is an essential resource for students and researchers, one that paves the way for future scholarship on the subject. Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Solitary Bees also documents the critical role solitary bees play as crop pollinators, and raises awareness of the dire threats they face, from habitat loss and climate change to pesticides, pathogens, parasites, and invasive species.

The Anatomy of the Honey Bee

Author : Briana Williams
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781094631684
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book The Anatomy of the Honey Bee written by Briana Williams and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briana Williams became a viral sensation at twenty-four years old as a single mother, who took her final exam while in labor and graduated from Harvard Law School with her one-year-old baby in tow. The world wondered how it had all been possible? Nothing about the journey was easy but without question worth it. The Anatomy of the Honey Bee is the intimate, and intentionally unguarded offering of the darker side of success and the chronicle of a haunting relationship, infiltrated by love, abuse, loss, and redemption. Raw emotion depicted through a series of diary entries, letters and mantras developed while in the flames of vulnerability attests to the fact that the road traveled towards success is never as beautiful as the final destination.

Flight of the Honey Bee

Author : Raymond Huber
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536221058
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Flight of the Honey Bee written by Raymond Huber and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most informative picture books about honey bees, this is surely among the most beautiful as well.” —Booklist (starred review) A tiny honey bee emerges from the hive for the first time. Using sunlight, landmarks, and scents to remember the path, she goes in search of pollen and nectar to share with the thousands of other bees in her hive. She uses her powerful sense of smell to locate the flowers that sustain her, avoids birds that might eat her, and returns home to share her finds with her many sisters. Nature lovers and scientists-to-be are invited to explore the fascinating life of a honey bee. Back matter includes information about protecting bees and an index.

The Wisdom of the Hive

Author : Thomas D Seeley
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674043405
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of the Hive written by Thomas D Seeley and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and illustrates the results of more than fifteen years of elegant experimental studies conducted by the author to investigate how a colony of bees is organized to gather its resources. The results of his research--including studies of the shaking signal, tremble dance, and waggle dance--offer the clearest, most detailed picture available of how a highly integrated animal society works.

Form and Function in the Honey Bee

Author : Lesley Goodman
Publisher : Ibra & Nbb
ISBN 13 : 9781913811112
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Form and Function in the Honey Bee written by Lesley Goodman and published by Ibra & Nbb. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dr Lesley Goodman ﬁnally lost her ﬁght against lung cancer in 1998, she left behind her vision for an accessible, authoritative reference work for bee scientists, undergraduates and beekeepers. Form and Function in the Honey Bee is the fruition of her work - a posthumous tribute to her life and interests. Containing over 340 diagrams, micrographs and colour illustrations, Form and Function works equally well as an expert guide to the physiology and anatomy of the honey bee, and as an introduction to this fascinating ﬁeld for students and others. The chapters take the reader through the major structures and activities of the honey bee - the antennae, compound eyes, dorsal ocelli, the bee's response to gravity, feeding, respiration, ﬂight, glands and colony defence are all examined in detail to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of how and why the honey bee behaves as it does. The book has been completed posthumously by Prof. Richard J Cooter, Chair of the L J Goodman Insect Physiology Trust, and Dr Pamela Munn, Deputy Director of the International Bee Research Association. Chapters 1. The antennal sense organs: smelling, tasting, touching and hearing in the bee 2. Vision in the bee: the compound eye 3. The dorsal ocelli: the bee's second set of eyes 4. The bee's response to gravity: which way is up? 5. Feeding: 1. Using the mouthparts 2. Tasting the food 3. Collecting the pollen 6. Respiration: how do bees breathe? 7. Flight: wings, aerodynamics, sensory control and metabolism 8. Glands: chemical communication and wax production 9. Defending the colony: the sting

Queen Bee

Author : David Richard Woodward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473119331
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Queen Bee written by David Richard Woodward and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping

Author : Dewey Maurice Caron
Publisher : Ingram
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping written by Dewey Maurice Caron and published by Ingram. This book was released on 1999 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Honey Bee Pests, Predators, and Diseases

Author : Roger A. Morse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Honey Bee Pests, Predators, and Diseases written by Roger A. Morse and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Form and Function in the Honey Bee

Author : Lesley J. Goodman
Publisher : Ibra
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Form and Function in the Honey Bee written by Lesley J. Goodman and published by Ibra. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lavishly illustrated with over 300 colour illustrations, photographs and diagrams, this book is an up to date guide to the biology of the honeybee. It is an introduction for students, beekeepers and others"--Publisher's website.