tudies, raised many more questions than it answered. I was also amazed—and I
confess delighted—that during the nearly 20 years since Lindauer had published
his work in 1955, no one had pressed the investigation more deeply. I resolved to
do so, starting with my PhD thesis research (fig. 1.7).
This book aims to present to biologists and general readers what was learned
by Lindauer in the 1950s, and by myself and others since the 1970s, about how
the workers in a honeybee swarm conduct a democratic decision-making process
to make the life-or-death choice of where to build their new home.This work has
revealed how the process of evolution by natural selection, operating over millions
of years, has shaped the behavior of bees so that they coalesce into a single
collective intelligence.This story about the bees also provides useful guidelines to
human groups whose members share common interests and want to make good
group decisions. mainly, though, this book tries to be a window into the private
world of a honeybee colony. If it bolsters, in any way, an appreciation of these
little creatures for the beauty of their social behavior, along with their service in
keeping the world flowering and fruitful, then it will have achieved its purpose.
tudies, raised many more questions than it answered. I was also amazed—and Iconfess delighted—that during the nearly 20 years since Lindauer had publishedhis work in 1955, no one had pressed the investigation more deeply. I resolved todo so, starting with my PhD thesis research (fig. 1.7).This book aims to present to biologists and general readers what was learnedby Lindauer in the 1950s, and by myself and others since the 1970s, about howthe workers in a honeybee swarm conduct a democratic decision-making processto make the life-or-death choice of where to build their new home.This work hasrevealed how the process of evolution by natural selection, operating over millionsof years, has shaped the behavior of bees so that they coalesce into a singlecollective intelligence.This story about the bees also provides useful guidelines tohuman groups whose members share common interests and want to make goodgroup decisions. mainly, though, this book tries to be a window into the privateworld of a honeybee colony. If it bolsters, in any way, an appreciation of theselittle creatures for the beauty of their social behavior, along with their service inkeeping the world flowering and fruitful, then it will have achieved its purpose.
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