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The buzz about bees : biology of a superorganism /

With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs and an easy understandable text The Buzz about Bees tells the story of honeybees in a new perspective. Based on the latest data, notably from his own research group, JA1/4rgen Tautz provides a wonderful insight into the realms of bees. In contrast to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tautz, Jürgen
Otros Autores: Sandeman, David C., Heilmann, Helga R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Berlin : Springer, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prolog: The Bee Colony
  • a Mammal in Many Bodies; Man's Smallest Domestic Animal
  • a Picture Guide; The Inevitable Honeybees; Propagated Immortality; Honeybees
  • a Model for Success; What Bees Know About Flowers; Honeybee Sex, and Virgin Brides; Royal Jelly
  • Designer Diet in Bee Colonies; The Largest Organ of the Bee Colony
  • Construction and Function of the Comb; Cultivated Intelligence; Is Honey Thicker than Blood: How Important Is the Family?; The Circle Closes; Epilog: The Future for Bees and Mankind.