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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 and richly illustrated 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.

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Thomas D. Seeley ist Professor am Fachbereich für Neurobiologie und Verhalten an der Cornell University. Er studierte in den 70-er Jahren bei den großen Verhaltensbiologen und Ameisenexperten Bert Hölldobler und Edward O. Wilson an der Harvard University und erforscht seitdem intensiv das Leben von Bienen. Für seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten wurde er mehrfach ausgezeichnet, u.a. von der Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung.

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