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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 Organizational Behavior Outdoors & Nature Science Workplace & Organizational Behavior Suspenseful

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"The year's most enchanting science book." ( Financial Times)
Fascinating Research • Enlightening Information • Smooth Voice • Scientific Rigor • Practical Applications

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What a wonderful book. Scientific, accessible and thought provoking. Whether your are interested in science or not, this is great stuff.

Amazing! Well written and a great listen!

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This was a great book, it was very enlightening and I would definitely recommend. Looking forward to audible publishing more books on bees....

great book!

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Besides providing an updated information on the state of the art knowledge on the ways bee colonies make decisions it is also very motivating.

A most inspiring book!

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Very good book with lots of scientific details. Performance was awesome.
Sort of behind the scenes of the Honeybee
With projects like this there is “Hope for The Honeybee”.

The mind of the Hive.

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This was fascinating and informative. I do wish the author had reflected a bit more on the widespread traditions of democracy in human societies beyond the western lineage. Also, the casualness toward the torture and killing of creatures in pursuit of science was troubling: at least some acknowledgement of their suffering would suffice. Nonetheless the author’s scientific rigor and talent in storytelling made this book wonderful.

Inspiring. Excellent book and reading.

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