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03454aam a2200301 i 4500 001 C965F324223711EFB457909958ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240604010036 008 230508s2024 njuab e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023021515 020 $a 0691237697 020 $a 9780691237695 035 $a (OCoLC)1379241815 040 $a DNAL/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d JCX $d OCLCO $d CHY $d HRF $d YDX $d LE# $d SILO 100 1 $a Seeley, Thomas D., $e author. 245 10 $a Piping hot bees and boisterous buzz-runners : $b 20 mysteries of honey bee behavior solved / $c Thomas D. Seeley ; with illustrations by Margaret C. Nelson. 246 30 $a 20 mysteries of honey bee behavior solved 246 30 $a Twenty mysteries of honey bee behavior solved 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2024] 300 $a xiii, 296 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Avoiding asphyxia -- Forest homes -- Homesite inspectors -- Choosing a homesite -- Consensus or quorum? -- Piping hot bees -- Boisterous buzz-runners -- Flight control in swarms -- Astonishing behavioral versatility -- Messenger bees -- A tale of four species -- Colonies are information centers -- Foragers as sensors -- Nectar flow on? -- Mystery of the tremble dance -- Two recruitment dances, or just one? -- Movers and shakers -- Groom me, pleae -- Colony thirst -- Resin work -- Closing thoughts. 520 $a "Thomas Seeley has spent his career unraveling the mysteries of honey bee behavior. His goal has been to understand how the 30,000 or so bees in a colony work together as a unit to accomplish such things as finding and occupying a snug nest cavity, furnishing it with beeswax combs, filling these combs with brood and food, and keeping themselves well nourished, comfortably warm, and safe from intruders. In this book, Seeley's goal is to illuminate these and other mysteries about the workings of honey bee colonies and explore how those mysteries were solved. Seeley's aim, as he says, is to review how and what he and his colleagues have learned about honey bees and to share some things that are not in the scientific papers: the personal experiences that drew him to these studies, the little observations that led to important insights, and the feelings of delight that came with solving each mystery. The book's thirty chapters are roughly chronological, offering a meta-history of the field alongside explication of various studies. Each chapter is structured approximately the same way: first, Seeley describes how he and his colleagues discovered a specific mystery about how a colony works, then how they solved it, and finally each closes with an explanation of the implications of the mystery and the way it fits into the wider field of honey bee research. Intimate and informative, PIPING HOT BEES AND BOISTEROUS BUZZ-RUNNERS will weave together personal narrative with the results of over 50 years of research into honey bees and honey bee colonies. It will offer context for more current research and introduce readers to the deep workings of honey bee behavior"-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Also available online. 700 1 $a Nelson, Margaret C., $e illustrator. 941 $a 1 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240604011349.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C965F324223711EFB457909958ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search