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© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface xi
  4. PART I. INTRODUCTION
  5. 1. The Issues 1
  6. 2. The Honey Bee Colony 22
  7. 3. The Foraging Abilities of a Colony 46
  8. PART II. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS
  9. 4. Methods and Equipment 71
  10. 5. Allocation of Labor among Forage Sites 84
  11. 6. Coordination of Nectar Collecting and Nectar Processing 155
  12. 7. Regulation of Comb Construction 177
  13. 8. Regulation of Pollen Collection 193
  14. 9. Regulation of Water Collection 212
  15. PART III. OVERVIEW
  16. 10. The Main Features of Colony Organization 239
  17. 11. Enduring Lessons from the Hive 263
  18. Glossary 269
  19. Bibliography 277
  20. Index 291
The Wisdom of the Hive
This chapter is in the book The Wisdom of the Hive
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674043404-015

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface xi
  4. PART I. INTRODUCTION
  5. 1. The Issues 1
  6. 2. The Honey Bee Colony 22
  7. 3. The Foraging Abilities of a Colony 46
  8. PART II. EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS
  9. 4. Methods and Equipment 71
  10. 5. Allocation of Labor among Forage Sites 84
  11. 6. Coordination of Nectar Collecting and Nectar Processing 155
  12. 7. Regulation of Comb Construction 177
  13. 8. Regulation of Pollen Collection 193
  14. 9. Regulation of Water Collection 212
  15. PART III. OVERVIEW
  16. 10. The Main Features of Colony Organization 239
  17. 11. Enduring Lessons from the Hive 263
  18. Glossary 269
  19. Bibliography 277
  20. Index 291
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