Dr. Tom D. Seeley: Honey Bees In The Wild - (019)
Dr. Tom D. Seeley is a Horace White Professor in Biology at Cornell University where he teaches courses on animal behavior, specializing in understanding the social life of honey bees. His scientific research focuses on the phenomenon of swarm intelligence, which is...
Dr. Tom D. Seeley is a Horace White Professor in Biology at Cornell University where he teaches courses on animal behavior, specializing in understanding the social life of honey bees. His scientific research focuses on the phenomenon of swarm intelligence, which is defined as the solving of cognitive problems by a group of individuals who pool their knowledge and process it through social interactions.
Tom joins Jeff and Kim in this episode to discuss bee hunting (aka: bee lining). He also delves deeper into the topic of his article in the January 2019 Bee Culture on Darwinian Beekeeping.
Tom is a author of several books related to honey bee biology and behavior, including:
- The Wisdom of the Hive, 1996
- Honeybee Democracy, 2010
- Following The Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting, 2016
- The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild, 2019
In the podcast, Tom references his video on the topic of Bee Hunting. You can find it On YouTube.
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Thomas D. Seeley is the Horace White Professor Emeritus in Biology at Cornell University. His research focuses on the behavior, social life, and ecology of honey bees. He has been an avid beekeeper since he was 16, hence for more than 50 years.
He is the author of six books on bees: Honeybee Ecology (1985), The Wisdom of the Hive (1995), Honeybee Democracy (2010), Following the Wild Bees (2016), The Lives of Bees (2019), and Piping Hot Bees & Boisterous Buzz-Runners (2024).
