Honey Bee Biology / / Brian R. Johnson.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date general reference book on honey bee biologyHoney bees are marvelously charismatic organisms with a long history of interaction with humans. They are vital to agriculture and serve as a model system for many basic questions in biology. This authoritative book pro...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (512 p.) :; 16 color + 101 b/w illus. 13 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Honey Bee Biology
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Natural History, Systematics, and Phylogenetics
- 3 Development
- 4 Anatomy and Physiology
- 5 Genetics and Genomics
- 6 Neurobiology
- 7 Neuroethology and Cognitive Science
- 8 Reproduction
- 9 Evolution
- 10 Life History, Ecology, and Nesting Biology
- 11 The Honey Bee Colony Is a Superorganism
- 12 Division of Labor
- 13 Communication, Labor Allocation, and Collective Decision Making
- 14 Chemical Ecology
- 15 Foraging
- 16 Tropical Honey Bees
- 17 Immunity, Parasites, Pests, and Pathogens
- 18 Detoxification and Pesticides
- 19 Honey Bees as Managed Pollinators
- Literature Cited
- Index