TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hölldobler,Bert
AU  - Wilson,Edward O.
TI  - The superorganism: the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies 
SN  - 0393067041
AV  - QL496 .H65 2009
U1  - 595.71782 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Insect societies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The; construction of a superorganism --; Genetic social evolution --; Sociogenesis --; The; genetic evolution of decision rules --; The division of labor --; Communication --; The; rise of the ants --; Ponerine ants : the great radiation --; The; attine leafcutters : the ultimate superorganisms --; Nest architecture and house hunting
N2  - 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
ER  -