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Honey Bee Social Evolution

- Group Formation, Behavior, and Preeminence
Af: Keith S. Delaplane Engelsk Hardback

Honey Bee Social Evolution

- Group Formation, Behavior, and Preeminence
Af: Keith S. Delaplane Engelsk Hardback
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What the honey bee can teach us about evolution—and ourselves.

How did the honey bee evolve into the complex colonial species that exists today—and what does its evolution have to teach us about our own species? In Honey Bee Social Evolution, entomologist Keith Delaplane uses the humble but charismatic honey bee as a model of social evolution to highlight the many parallels a social insect colony shares with humans and other organisms. Delaplane shows how social processes drive evolution—for honey bee colonies, humans, and other animals.

Each chapter spotlights a honey bee colony-level function such as group-level reproduction, task differentiation among cells, group decision-making, social immunity, defense behavior, senescence, anarchy, cancer, and more—all with stunning parallels to those of other organisms. These vivid comparisons, grounded in a practical context, emphasize how natural selection uses a common tool kit to solve similar problems across lineages.

By revealing the complex hive of similarities between the honey bee''s society and our own, Delaplane hopes to instill an ethos of solidarity with all organic life. The honey bee colony shows how evolution is more than selfish "survival of the fittest," but equally a story of the success of cooperation and altruism.

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What the honey bee can teach us about evolution—and ourselves.

How did the honey bee evolve into the complex colonial species that exists today—and what does its evolution have to teach us about our own species? In Honey Bee Social Evolution, entomologist Keith Delaplane uses the humble but charismatic honey bee as a model of social evolution to highlight the many parallels a social insect colony shares with humans and other organisms. Delaplane shows how social processes drive evolution—for honey bee colonies, humans, and other animals.

Each chapter spotlights a honey bee colony-level function such as group-level reproduction, task differentiation among cells, group decision-making, social immunity, defense behavior, senescence, anarchy, cancer, and more—all with stunning parallels to those of other organisms. These vivid comparisons, grounded in a practical context, emphasize how natural selection uses a common tool kit to solve similar problems across lineages.

By revealing the complex hive of similarities between the honey bee''s society and our own, Delaplane hopes to instill an ethos of solidarity with all organic life. The honey bee colony shows how evolution is more than selfish "survival of the fittest," but equally a story of the success of cooperation and altruism.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 504
ISBN-13: 9781421450032
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1421450038
Kategori: Naturvidenskab
Udg. Dato: 14 jan 2025
Længde: 34mm
Bredde: 164mm
Højde: 235mm
Forlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Oplagsdato: 14 jan 2025
Forfatter(e): Keith S. Delaplane
Forfatter(e) Keith S. Delaplane

Kategori Naturvidenskab

ISBN-13 9781421450032

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 504

Udgave

Længde 34mm

Bredde 164mm

Højde 235mm

Udg. Dato 14 jan 2025

Oplagsdato 14 jan 2025

Forlag Johns Hopkins University Press