Hölldobler, Bert,  1936- <br/><br/>
The superorganism :  the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies / 
 Super-organism 
Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson ; line drawings by Margaret C. Nelson. 
 - First edition. 
 - xxi, 522 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  27 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> construction of a superorganism --  Genetic social evolution --  Sociogenesis --  genetic evolution of decision rules --  Communication --  rise of the ants --  Ponerine ants : the great radiation --  attine leafcutters : the ultimate superorganisms --  Nest architecture and house hunting.  The  The  The division of labor --  The  The 
<br/><br/> The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect societies thrive in systems of altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and labor division. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393067041 9780393067040 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008038547 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Insect societies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL496  / .H65 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>595.71782