Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley

Book Overview

How honeybees make collective decisions--and what we can learn from this amazing democratic process

Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691147213
• ISBN13: 9780691147215
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 9.4"