Honeybee Ecology.

The book presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the di...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Seeley, Thomas D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Monographs in behavior and ecology.
Subjects:
Honeybee > Ecology.
Insects > Ecology.
Abeille > Écologie.
Insectes > Écologie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Entomology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Honeybees in Nature
  • 3. The Honeybee Societies
  • 4. The Annual Cycle of Colonies
  • 5. Reproduction
  • 6. Nest Building
  • 7. Food Collection
  • 8. Temperature Control
  • 9. Colony Defense
  • 10. Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Honeybees
  • Literature Cited
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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