Honey Bee Social Evolution: Group Formation, Behavior, and Preeminence

by Keith S. Delaplane

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421450038
• ISBN13: 9781421450032
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher