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The Mind of a Bee
A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive mind—the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities. He shows that they are profoundly smart, have distinct personalities, can recognize flowers and human faces, exhibit basic emotions, count, use simple tools, solve problems, and learn by observing others. They may even possess consciousness. Taking readers deep into the sensory world of bees, Chittka illustrates how bee brains ar...
Cognitive Ecology of Pollination
Important breakthroughs have recently been made in our understanding of the cognitive and sensory abilities of pollinators: how pollinators perceive, memorise and react to floral signals and rewards; how they work flowers, move among inflorescences and transport pollen. These new findings have obvious implications for the evolution of floral display and diversity, but most existing publications are scattered across a wide range of journals in very different research traditions. This book brings together for the first time outstanding scholars from many different fields of pollination biology, integrating the work of neuroethologists and evolutionary ecologists to present a multi-disciplinary approach. Aimed at graduates and researchers of behavioural and pollination ecology, plant evolutionary biology and neuroethology, it will also be a useful source of information for anyone interested in a modern view of cognitive and sensory ecology, pollination and floral evolution.
Żądła rządzą. Moje przygody z trzmielami
Już jako mały chłopiec, dorastający na wsi w Shropshire, Dave Goulson pasjonował się wszelkimi formami życia, począwszy od własnej domowej menażerii egzotycznych zwierzaków, a skończywszy na poronionych eksperymentach z taksydermią. Ale najbardziej ze wszystkiego fascynowały go trzmiele: duże, krępe i pokryte gęstym futerkiem pszczoły. Tak, pszczoły. Mniej agresywne od innych przedstawicieli gatunku i równie potrzebne środowisku. Goulsona zaciekawiły trzmiele paskowane, które dawniej powszechnie widywano na mokradłach Kentu, a które obecnie w Wielkiej Brytanii wyginęły całkowicie. Na szczęście nadal żyją w naturalnym środowisku Nowej Zelandii, jako potomstwo ...
Im Cockpit der Biene
Wie Intelligenz bei einem Tier nachweisen, das nur wenige Wochen lebt? Lars Chittka erzählt uns unterhaltsam von den Wundern natürlicher Intelligenz selbst bei winzigen Tieren. Bienen entwickeln im Schwarm faszinierende Fähigkeiten, sind aber auch als Individuen verblüffend intelligent. Neue bahnbrechende Forschungen zeigen, dass sie denken und fühlen, dass sie Persönlichkeit, wenn nicht gar Bewusstsein besitzen. Bienen zählen, erkennen menschliche Gesichter und nutzen Werkzeuge, sie lösen Probleme durch Nachdenken und reagieren individuell auf äußere Reize. Und das alles mit völlig anderen Sinnesorganen: Dank ihres kompakten Nervensystems navigieren sie präzise und speichern Informationen, ihre Antennen sind multifunktional wie Schweizer Messer. Das neue Standardwerk über die Biene
A Sting in the Tale
**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** One man's quest to save the bumblebee... Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets and dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee and his mission to protect our rarest bees. Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent, the short-haired bumblebee is now extinct in the UK, but still exists in the wilds of New Zealand, descended from a few queen bees shipped over in the nineteenth century. A Sting in the Tale tells the story of Goulson's passionate drive to reintroduce it to its native land and contains groundbreaking research into these curious creatures, history's relationship with the bumblebee, the disastrous effects intensive farming has had on our bee populations and the potential dangers if we are to continue down this path.
Horse Brain, Human Brain
An eye-opening game-changer of a book that sheds new light on how horses learn, think, perceive, and perform, and explains how to work with the horse’s brain instead of against it. In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world. Mental abilities—like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing—are discussed from both human and horse perspectives. Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—help to illustr...
