Gadagkar, R (2022) More Fun Than Fun: Strife in the Harmonious World of Honey Bees. In: The Wire Science .
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Abstract
Honey bees have been held up for millennia as the prime example of a well-functioning, conflict-free society, a paragon of societal virtues well-worth emulating by humans. Karl von Frisch famously said, “The life of the bees is a magic well. The more one draws from it, the more richly it flows.” More recently, we have also drawn more surprises from this. Some of the most interesting new knowledge that we have gained by putting honey bees under the scanner of logic, theory and experimentation paints a not-so-rosy picture of honey bee society. We have uncovered many examples of strife and dysfunction in this “divine being” and “a prime favorite of the gods”.
| Item Type: | Editorials/Short Communications |
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| Publication: | The Wire Science |
| Additional Information: | The copyright of this article belongs to the Author. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2022 05:03 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jun 2022 10:13 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/72631 |
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