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The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism by Jurgen Tautz (Hardcover, 2009)

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Tis book, already translated into ten languages, may at frst sight appear to be just about honeybees and their biology. It c- tains, however, a number of deeper messages related to some of the most basic and important principles of modern biology. Te bees are merely the actors that take us into the realm of phys- ology, genetics, reproduction, biophysics and learning, and that introduce us to the principles of natural selection underlying the evolution of simple to complex life forms. Te book destroys the cute notion of bees as anthropomorphic icons of busy self-sacr -i fcing individuals and presents us with the reality of the colony as an integrated and independent being-a superorganism -with its own, almost eerie, emergent group intelligence. We are s- prised to learn that no single bee, from queen through drone to sterile worker, has the oversight or control over the colony. - stead, through a network of integrated control systems and fee- backs, and communication between individuals, the colony - rives at consensus decisions from the bottom up through a type of swarm intelligence . Indeed, there are remarkable parallels between the functional organization of a swarming honeybee colony and vertebrate brains.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783540787273
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96603037

Product Key Features

Subject Area
Natural Science, Developmental Psychology
Author
Jurgen Tautz
Publication Name
The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences, Zoology, Biology
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
284 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
736g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Jurgen Tautz
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany

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