John, You may be referring to "The Wisdom of the Hive" by Thomas D. Seeley. He is a professor of biology at Cornell. The book is published by Harvard University Press, copyright 1995. I am just starting it and it is slow going, as is highly technical, not an easy read. I'd be glad to provide a review when I'm finished. I am a novice beekeeper and writer, enjoying the learning process. This season I'm boning up on bee lore, with a goal of eventually writing about my experience as a bumbling (pardon the pun) assistant to my tiny sweet-toothed friends. Marcia Sinclair At 08:56 AM 6/11/96 -0700, you wrote: >Hello everyone, > >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? > >Cheers John Volpe >----------------------------------------------------------- >John Volpe >Marine and Aquatic Sciences Section >Centre for Environmental Health >University of Victoria >[log in to unmask] > >