Honey Bee Social Evolution

Group Formation, Behavior, and Preeminence

Keith S. Delaplane (Professor, University of Georgia)

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Johns Hopkins University Press
22 October 2024

Science: general issues; Animal behaviour; Environmental science, engineering & technology

What the honey bee can teach us about evolution—and ourselves.

How did the honey bee evolve into the complex colonial species that exists today—and what does its evolution have to teach us about our own species? In Honey Bee Social Evolution, entomologist Keith Delaplane uses the humble but charismatic honey bee as a model of social evolution to highlight the many parallels a social insect colony shares with humans and other organisms. Delaplane shows how social processes drive evolution—for honey bee colonies, humans, and other animals.

Each chapter spotlights a honey bee colony-level function such as group-level reproduction, task differentiation among cells, group decision-making, social immunity, defense behavior, senescence, anarchy, cancer, and more—all with stunning parallels to those of other organisms. These vivid comparisons, grounded in a practical context, emphasize how natural selection uses a common tool kit to solve similar problems across lineages.

By revealing the complex hive of similarities between the honey bee's society and our own, Delaplane hopes to instill an ethos of solidarity with all organic life. The honey bee colony shows how evolution is more than selfish ""survival of the fittest,"" but equally a story of the success of cooperation and altruism.

By: Keith S. Delaplane (Professor University of Georgia)
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 1.225kg
ISBN: 9781421450032
ISBN 10: 1421450038
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 22 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Keith Delaplane (ATHENS, GA) is a professor of entomology and Walter B. Hill Fellow at the University of Georgia.

Reviews for Honey Bee Social Evolution: Group Formation, Behavior, and Preeminence

Loaded with knowledge and insight, Delaplane's style drew me in and held me through the very last word. Highly recommended. —Rusty Berlew, American Bee Journal