@article{10.4159/harvard., author = {Page, Robert E.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1404049}, title = {The spirit of the hive the mechanisms of social evolution / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Harvard University Press,}, abstract = {"Charles Darwin struggled to explain how forty thousand bees working in the dark, seemingly by instinct alone, could organize themselves to construct something as perfect as a honey comb. How do bees accomplish such incredible tasks? Synthesizing the findings of decades of experiments, The Spirit of the Hive presents a comprehensive picture of the genetic and physiological mechanisms underlying the division of labor in honey bee colonies and explains how bees' complex social behavior has evolved over millions of years."--Publisher's description.}, number = {10.4159/harvard.}, recid = {1404049}, pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages)}, address = {Cambridge, Massachusetts :}, year = {2013}, }