The buzz about bees : biology of a superorganism
Tautz, Jürgen2008
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Jürgen Tautz provides a wonderful insight into the realms of bees. In contrast to the view of bee colonies as perfect societies of selfless individuals ruled by a queen, Tautz introduces them as a 'superorganism', a self organising and complex adaptive system based on a network of communication.
Main title:
The buzz about bees : biology of a superorganism / Jürgen Tautz ; with photographs by Helga R. Heilmann ; translated by David C. Sandeman.
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Imprint:
Berlin ; London : Springer, 2008.
Collation:
284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9783540787273 (hbk)
Dewey class:
595.799
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
881131
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