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" The spirit of the hive : "
Robert E. Page
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BL
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584225
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b413444
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Page, Robert E
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The spirit of the hive : : the mechanisms of social evolution /\ Robert E. Page
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xiv, 226 pages ;; 24 cm
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9780674073029
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: 0674073029
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Foreword / by Bert Hölldobler -- What Is the Spirit of the Hive? -- Individual Variation in Behavior -- The Evolution of Polyandry -- Phenotypic Architecture of Pollen Hoarding -- Genetic Architecture of Pollen Hoarding -- Reproductive Regulation of Division of Labor -- Developmental Regulation of Reproduction -- The Regulatory Architecture of Pollen Hoarding -- A Crowd of Bees
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"Charles Darwin struggled to explain how forty thousand bees working in the dark, seemingly by instinct alone, could organize themselves to construct something as perfect as a honey comb. How do bees accomplish such incredible tasks? Synthesizing the findings of decades of experiments, The Spirit of the Hive presents a comprehensive picture of the genetic and physiological mechanisms underlying the division of labor in honey bee colonies and explains how bees' complex social behavior has evolved over millions of years."--Publisher's description
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Honeybee-- Evolution
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Honeybee-- Behavior
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Beehives
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Pollen
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QL568.A6P24 2013
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