Greetings all > > Can anyone provide information regarding a book that was published a couple > of years ago out of Cornell University that made the argument that the hive > can be seen as an autonomous being - a "superorganism". The idea being that > a hive expresses all the same characteristics as a normal organism might. I > saw one of the authors give a talk a few years back on the subject and have > yet to see or hear of the book. Has anyone got any information they could share? > The book that you are (probably) referring to is called "Bees as Superorganisms: an evolutionary reality", by Robin Moritz and Ed Southwick. It was published by Springer-Verlag in 1992. Cheers Mike Mike Allsopp tel (27)(21) 887-4690 Honeybee Research Section fax (27)(21) 883-3285 Plant Protection Research Institute pmail plant3/vredma Agricultural Research Council email [log in to unmask] P/Bag X5017 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa