Thomas D. Seeley

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners takes readers inside a world seldom seen even by beekeepers, shedding light on twenty of the most compelling mysteries of honey bee behaviour. Thomas Seeley has devoted a lifetime to the study of honey bees and their colonies, unraveling the secrets of these wondrous insects in a career spanning six decades. In this book,...

How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee colonies. Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley's captivating story of what scientists are learning about the...

Honeybee Democracy explores how honeybees make decisions collectively and democratically. Every year, when faced with the critical choice of selecting and moving to a new home, honeybees engage in a process that involves collective fact-finding, robust debate, and consensus building. Thomas D. Seeley, a world-renowned animal behaviourist, reveals the remarkable lessons these insects offer regarding collective wisdom and effective decision...

Following the Wild Bees is both a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural world and a guide to the ingenious methods that compose the craft of the bee hunter. Drawing on decades of experience as a bee hunter and bee biologist, Seeley weaves informative discussions of the biology of wild honey bees with colourful historical anecdotes, personal insights,...