Binding: Hardcover
Description: A biologist's up - close account of how he and fellow biologists cracked long - standing puzzles about honey bee behavior Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz - Runners takes readers inside a world seldom seen even by beekeepers shedding light on twenty of the most compelling mysteries of honey bee behavior. Thomas Seeley has devoted a lifetime to the study of honey bees and their colonies unraveling the secrets of these wondrous insects in a career spanning six decades. In this book he weaves illuminating personal stories with the latest science explaining such mysteries as how worker bees function as scouts to choose a home site for their colony furnish their home with beeswax combs and stock it with brood and food while keeping tens of thousands of colony inhabitants warm and defended from intruders. Along the way he shares the experiences that drew him to these studies the small observations that led to big breakthroughs and the sense of excitement that came with probing each mystery. Richly illustrated Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz - Runners provides a rare look at how a singularly passionate scientist and his colleagues deciphered the pipings shakings and puzzling tremble dances of honey bees and how this journey of scientific discovery continues to shape our understanding of these remarkably intelligent and vitally important insects.
Title: Piping Hot Bees And Boisterous Buzz - Runners 20 Mysteries Of Honey Bee Behavior Solved
Author(s): Seeley Thomas D.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Barcode: 9780691237695
Pages: 312 Pages, 106 Color + B/W Illus.
Publication Date: 4/9/2024
Category: Wildlife: Butterflies, Other Insects & Spiders