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Honeybee Democracy

By: Thomas D. Seeley
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
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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, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. A remarkable account of scientific discovery, Honeybee Democracy brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees.

©2010 Princeton University Press (P)2017 Tantor Animals Biological Sciences Biology Environment Organisational Behaviour Outdoors & Nature Science Workplace & Organisational Behaviour

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"The year's most enchanting science book." ( Financial Times)
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Such an amazing body of work shared in minute detail. You'll never look at bees the same way.

Fascinating from the start to very last page!

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So much detail told in such a sing song manner made the, difficult and intricate information, very absorbable.
A magnificent and fascinating book.

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