Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Powered by: University of Bern
2339 Members
127 Countries!
join us
HomeNews"The Dark Side of the Hive" a very inspiring new book about...

“The Dark Side of the Hive” a very inspiring new book about honey bees

The Dark Side of the Hive – The Evolution of the Imperfect Honey Bee

Robin Moritz, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Robin Crewe, University of Pretoria

  • The first book of its kind to demonstrate the more maladaptative tendencies of a honey bee society
  • Focuses on the perspective and role of the individual worker bee in the colony
  • Provides insights into the controversy over the decline of honey bee populations and situates this issue in a global context

Dissects the various careers that individual male and female honey bees can take and their role in colony organization. Competition between individuals using both physical and chemical force drives colonial organization. This book deals with individual mistakes, maladaptations and evolutionary dead-ends that are also part of the bees’ life. The story told about these dark sides of the colony spans the full range of biological disciplines ranging from genomics to systems biology.

Order online at www.oup.com with discount code  ASPROMP8

COLOSS Association
COLOSS Associationhttps://coloss.org/
COLOSS (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes) is an international, non-profit association headquartered in Bern, Switzerland that is focussed on improving the well-being of bees at a global level. We are composed of scientific professionals that include researchers, veterinarians, agriculture extension specialists and students. We understand that cooperation and open dialogue are key to better understanding the reasons why bee populations are threatened in today’s world.