The Biology of the Honeybee

Informationen zum Autor Mark L. Winston is Professor and Senior Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Klappentext Mark L. Winston probes the dynamics of the honey bee's social organization. He creates for us the complex infrastructure of the nest, describes the highly specialized behavior of workers, queens, and drones, and examines the remarkable ability of the honey bee colony to regulate its functions according to events within and outside the nest. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: M. L. Winston, Mark L Winston, Mark L. Winston, Winston Mark L.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.1991
• EAN: 9780674074095
• ISBN: 978-0-674-07409-5
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 243 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology, Insects (entomology)