CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. 1 Introduction 1
4. 2 Seeing in Strange Colors 16
5. 3 The Alien Sensory World of Bees 30
6. 4 “It’s Just Instinct”— or Is It? 49
7. 5 The Roots of Bee Intelligence and Communication 66
8. 6 Learning about Space 78
9. 7 Learning about Flowers 100
10. 8 From Social Learning to “Swarm Intelligence” 122
11. 9 The Brains Behind It All 143
12. 10 “Personality” Differences between Bees 165
13. 11 Do Bees Have Consciousness? 188
14. 12 Afterword: What our Knowledge of Bees’ Minds Means for Their Conservation 210
15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 215
16. NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 217
17. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 247
18. INDEX 251