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1	The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies more books like this by Bert Holldobler, Edward O Wilson, Margaret C Nelson (Illustrator) add to wishlist Based on remarkable research, eighteen years after the publication of "The Ants", this new volume expands our knowledge of social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps and termites). Superorganisms - tightly knit colonies of individuals, formed by altruistic co-operation, complex communication and division of labour - represent one of the basic ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $35.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration more books like this by Bert Holldobler, Bert Hlldobler, Bert Halldobler add to wishlist This title combines autobiography and scientific lore to convey the excitement and pleasure of the study of ants. The authors interweave their personal adventures with the social lives of ants, building, from the first minute observations of childhood, a remarkable account of these abundant insects' evolutionary achievements. see all copies from $5.85! new only from $16.48! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Nature Revealed: Selected Writings, 1949-2006 more books like this by Edward O Wilson add to wishlist Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson is one of the leading biologists and philosophical thinkers of our time. In this compelling collection, Wilson's observations range from the tiny glands of ants to the nature of the living universe. Many of the pieces are considered landmarks in evolutionary biology, ecology, and behavioral biology. ... see all copies from $10.95! new only from $24.35! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Insect Societies more books like this by Edward Osborne Wilson add to wishlist This book is a work of major importance for the development of environmental and behavioral biology; it covers the classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the higher social insects--ants, social wasps and bees, and termites. Mr. Wilson reinterprets the knowledge of these insects through the concepts of modern biology, from ... see all copies from $23.00! first editions
5	Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems more books like this by Eric Bonabeau, Guy Theraulaz, Marco Dorigo add to wishlist Social insects - ants, bees, termites, and wasps - can be viewed as powerful problem-solving systems with sophisticated collective intelligence. Composed of simple interacting agents, this intelligence lies in the networks of interactions among individuals and between individuals and the environment. A fascinating subject, social insects are also ... see all copies from $42.16! new only from $72.25! \| SVS
6	Ants at Work: How an Insect Society is Organized more books like this by Deborah M Gordon add to wishlist In this accessible account, a biologist discusses the behavior patterns and life cycles of harvester ants, which she studied for 17 summers in the Arizona desert. Blending detailed technical observations with a reverent narrative, the author presents both a scientific study of an insect and a personal reflection on the power of nature. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.85! \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Bug's Life: Classic Storybook more books like this by Disney, Scott Tilley, T. J. Steiner add to wishlist Flik sets out to save the ant colony and all his friends from the greedy grasshoppers who take their entire food supply. Children can experience "A Bug's Life" again and again with this gorgeously illustrated hardcover storybook. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $64.75! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Insect World of Fabre more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre, Gerald Malcolm Durrell (Foreword by), Edwin Way Teale (Commentaries by) add to wishlist Jean Henri Fabre, nineteenth-century French entomologist and author of the massive Souvenirs Entomoligies, has inspired perhaps more modern writer/naturalists than any other chronicler of the natural world. Edwin Way Teale's selection of the most compelling of Fabre's writing makes The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre the essential edition of the ... see all copies from $2.38! new only from $21.97! \| SVS
9	Caste & Ecology in the Social Insects more books like this by George F Oster, Edward Osborne Wilson add to wishlist see all copies from $4.43! new only from $38.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Insects That Work Together more books like this by Molly Aloian, Bobbie Kalman add to wishlist Ages 4 to 8 years.This fact-filled book explains in simple terms how the insects within insect colonies work together to ensure the survival of their colonies. Young readers will be intrigued to discover which insects are social, the different insect castes, and the importance of each caste within a colony. Detailed illustrations and clear, ... see all copies from $4.14! new only from $4.14! \| SVS
11 view cover	It's an Ant's Life more books like this by Steve Parker, Tim Hayward (Illustrator), Adam Stower (Illustrator) add to wishlist Presents all kinds of factual information about ants in the form of a scrapbook prepared by one ant. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.47! \| first editions
12 view cover	Hellstrom's Hive more books like this by Frank Herbert add to wishlist A team of government operatives is sent to invade the site of Dr. Hellstrom's secret Project 40. There they find specially bred scientists, neutered workers, deadly weapons, and other horrors dedicated to the destruction of the human race. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Parasites in Social Insects more books like this by Paul Schmid-Hempel add to wishlist This book analyzes for the first time how parasites shape the biology of social insects: the ants, wasps, bees, and termites. Paul Schmid-Hempel provides an overview of the existing knowledge of parasites in social insects. Current ideas are evaluated using a broad database, and the role of parasites for the evolution and maintenance of the social ... see all copies from $36.00! new only from $58.13! \| SVS
14 view cover	Behaviour and Social Evolution of Wasps more books like this by Yoshiaki Ito, Yosiaki Ito add to wishlist In this book, Yosiaki Ito presents data on tropical wasps which suggests that kin-selection has been over-emphasized as an evolutionary explanation of sociality. He concentrates on the Vespidae (paper wasps and hornets), a group much discussed by evolutionary biologists because it exhibits all stages of social evolution - subsociality, primitive ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $20.49! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Insect Societies C more books like this by Edward Osborne Wilson, Charles D Michener (Photographer) add to wishlist View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities" This book is a work of major importance for the development of environmental and behavioral biology; it covers the classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the higher social insects--ants, social wasps and bees, and ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $116.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	Social Life in the Insect World more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre add to wishlist 1912. J.H. Fabre, as some few people know, is the author of half a score of well-filled volumes in which, under the title of Souvenirs Entomologiques, he has set down the results of fifty years of observations, study and experiment on the insects that seem to us the best-known and the most familiar: different species of wasps and wild bees, a few ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.72! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Antz more books like this by Ellen Weiss, Todd Alcott add to wishlist A novel based on the 1998 animated film of the same name. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18	Ants more books like this by Wilhelm Goetsch add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19	The insect world of J. Henri Fabre. more books like this by Jean-Henri Fabre, Edwin Way Teale add to wishlist Edwin Way Teale selects the most compelling writings of Fabre--whom Darwin called "the incomparable observer". see all copies from $3.50! new only from $13.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Evolution of Social Insect Colonies more books like this by Ross H Crozier, Ross H Croxier, Pekka Pamilo add to wishlist This book is about the genetics and behaviour of individuals within colonies of social insects - bees, wasps, ants, and termites. Colonial living is characterized by division of labour and finely coordinated organization, by reproductive function being limited to certain individuals, by cooperative brood care, and by the presence of non ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $61.05! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Social Biology of "Ropalidia Marginata": Toward Understanding the Evolution of Eusociality more books like this by Raghavendra Gadagkar add to wishlist In this work, the biologist Raghavendra Gadagkar focuses on the single species he has worked on throughout his career. Found throughout southern India, Ropalidia marginata is a primitively eusocial wasp - a species in which queens and workers do not differ morphologically and even the latter retain the ability to reproduce. New colonies may be ... see all copies from $62.48! new only from $108.50!
22 view cover	Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity more books like this by Jurgen Gadau (Editor), Jennifer Fewell (Editor), Edward O Wilson (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this landmark volume, an international group of scientists has synthesized their collective expertise and insight into a newly unified vision of insect societies and what they can reveal about how sociality has arisen as an evolutionary strategy.Jurgen Gadau and Jennifer Fewell have assembled leading researchers from the fields of molecular ... see all copies from $59.00! new only from $62.04! \| SVS
23	The Social Biology of Wasps more books like this by Kenneth G Ross add to wishlist see all copies from $25.99! new only from $49.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	Insect Herbivore-Host Dynamics: Tree-Dwelling Aphids more books like this by A F G Dixon add to wishlist Literature currently available on the population dynamics of insect herbivores tends to favour top-down regulation of abundance by the action of natural enemies. This unique volume challenges this paradigm and shows that tree dwelling species of aphids, through competition for resources, regulate their own abundance. The biology of tree dwelling ... see all copies from $100.90! new only from $100.90!
25	Lives of social insects more books like this by Peggy Pickering Larson, Mervin W. Larson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS

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