Mechanisms Of Social Organization In Honey Bee Colonies
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Mechanisms Of Social Organization In Honey Bee Colonies
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Author : Scott Camazine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Mechanisms Of Social Organization In Honey Bee Colonies written by Scott Camazine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
The Spirit Of The Hive
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Author : Robert E. Page Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-17
The Spirit Of The Hive written by Robert E. Page Jr. and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Science categories.
Charles Darwin struggled to explain how forty thousand bees working in the dark, seemingly by instinct alone, could organize themselves to construct something as perfect as a honey comb. How do bees accomplish such incredible tasks? Synthesizing the findings of decades of experiments, The Spirit of the Hive presents a comprehensive picture of the genetic and physiological mechanisms underlying the division of labor in honey bee colonies and explains how bees’ complex social behavior has evolved over millions of years. Robert Page, one of the foremost honey bee geneticists in the world, sheds light on how the coordinated activity of hives arises naturally when worker bees respond to stimuli in their environment. The actions they take in turn alter the environment and so change the stimuli for their nestmates. For example, a bee detecting ample stores of pollen in the hive is inhibited from foraging for more, whereas detecting the presence of hungry young larvae will stimulate pollen gathering. Division of labor, Page shows, is an inevitable product of group living, because individual bees vary genetically and physiologically in their sensitivities to stimuli and have different probabilities of encountering and responding to them. A fascinating window into self-organizing regulatory networks of honey bees, The Spirit of the Hive applies genomics, evolution, and behavior to elucidate the details of social structure and advance our understanding of complex adaptive systems in nature.
The Social Organisation Of Honeybees
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Author : John B. Free
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Biology's Studies
Release Date : 2017-09-27
The Social Organisation Of Honeybees written by John B. Free and has been published by Institute of Biology's Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Colony structure and organization, physiological mechanisms of caste determination, the activities and adaptability of worker bees, temperature regulation, reproduction, seasonal cycle of activities, the special part that pheromones play in regulating colony activities, communication of the location of forage, principles of foraging behaviour.
Information Processing In Social Insects
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Author : Claire Detrain
language : en
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Information Processing In Social Insects written by Claire Detrain and has been published by Birkhäuser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Claire Detrain, Jean-Louis Deneubourg and Jacques Pasteels Studies on insects have been pioneering in major fields of modern biology. In the 1970 s, research on pheromonal communication in insects gave birth to the dis cipline of chemical ecology and provided a scientific frame to extend this approach to other animal groups. In the 1980 s, the theory of kin selection, which was initially formulated by Hamilton to explain the rise of eusociality in insects, exploded into a field of research on its own and found applications in the under standing of community structures including vertebrate ones. In the same manner, recent studies, which decipher the collective behaviour of insect societies, might be now setting the stage for the elucidation of information processing in animals. Classically, problem solving is assumed to rely on the knowledge of a central unit which must take decisions and collect all pertinent information. However, an alternative method is extensively used in nature: problems can be collectively solved through the behaviour of individuals, which interact with each other and with the environment. The management of information, which is a major issue of animal behaviour, is interesting to study in a social life context, as it raises addi tional questions about conflict-cooperation trade-oft's. Insect societies have proven particularly open to experimental analysis: one can easily assemble or disassemble them and place them in controllable situations in the laboratory.
The Social Organization Of Honeybees
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Author : John Brand Free
language : en
Publisher: Hodder Education
Release Date : 1977
The Social Organization Of Honeybees written by John Brand Free and has been published by Hodder Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Nature categories.
The Wisdom Of The Hive
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Author : Thomas D Seeley
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
The Wisdom Of The Hive written by Thomas D Seeley and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Science categories.
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.
Neurobiology Of Chemical Communication
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Author : Carla Mucignat-Caretta
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2014-02-14
Neurobiology Of Chemical Communication written by Carla Mucignat-Caretta and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-14 with Medical categories.
Intraspecific communication involves the activation of chemoreceptors and subsequent activation of different central areas that coordinate the responses of the entire organism—ranging from behavioral modification to modulation of hormones release. Animals emit intraspecific chemical signals, often referred to as pheromones, to advertise their presence to members of the same species and to regulate interactions aimed at establishing and regulating social and reproductive bonds. In the last two decades, scientists have developed a greater understanding of the neural processing of these chemical signals. Neurobiology of Chemical Communication explores the role of the chemical senses in mediating intraspecific communication. Providing an up-to-date outline of the most recent advances in the field, it presents data from laboratory and wild species, ranging from invertebrates to vertebrates, from insects to humans. The book examines the structure, anatomy, electrophysiology, and molecular biology of pheromones. It discusses how chemical signals work on different mammalian and non-mammalian species and includes chapters on insects, Drosophila, honey bees, amphibians, mice, tigers, and cattle. It also explores the controversial topic of human pheromones. An essential reference for students and researchers in the field of pheromones, this is also an ideal resource for those working on behavioral phenotyping of animal models and persons interested in the biology/ecology of wild and domestic species.
The Biology Of The Honey Bee
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Author : Mark L. Winston
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1987
The Biology Of The Honey Bee written by Mark L. Winston and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Nature categories.
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.
The Dark Side Of The Hive
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Author : Robin Moritz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-20
The Dark Side Of The Hive written by Robin Moritz and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-20 with Science categories.
Honey bees have been described as exceptionally clever, well-organized, mutualistic, collaborative, busy, efficient--in short a perfect society. While the colony is indeed a marvel of harmonious, efficient organization, it also has a considerable dark side. Authors Robin Moritz and Robin Crewe write about the life history of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, highlighting conflict rather than harmony, failure rather than success, from the perspective of the individual worker in the colony. When one looks carefully, the honey bee colony is far from being perfect. As with any complex social system, honeybee societies are prone to error, robbery, cheating, and social parasitism. Nevertheless, the hive gets by remarkably well in spite of many seemingly odd biological features. The perfection that is perceived to exist in the honeybee's social organization is the function of a focus on the colony as a whole rather than exploring the idiosyncrasies of its individual members. The Dark Side of the Hive thus focuses on the role of the individual rather than that of the collective. Moritz and Crewe dissect the various careers that individual male and female honey bees can take and their role in colony organization. Competition between individuals using both physical and chemical force drives colonial organization. This book deals with individual mistakes, maladaptations and evolutionary dead-ends that are also part of the bees' life. The story told about these dark sides of the colony spans the full range of biological disciplines ranging from genomics to systems biology.
Comparative Social Evolution
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Author : Dustin R. Rubenstein
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Comparative Social Evolution written by Dustin R. Rubenstein and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Medical categories.
A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living.