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Swarm Intelligence
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Social insects are a metaphor for artificial intelligence, the problems they solve - finding food, dividing labour, responding to challenges - have counterparts in engineering and computer science. T… |
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Ant colonies
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This book describes ant colonies and their habitats, explaining the jobs of the queen ant, the worker ants, and the male ants. |
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Through a termite city
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Carole Telford |
Describes the inhabitants, social structure, and activities of an African termite mound. |
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Wasps
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Sylvia A. Johnson |
A description of those wasps which are social insects, discussing their nest building, egg laying, metamorphic development, and life in their colony. |
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Pheromones of social bees
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John Brand Free |
Pheromones are chemical substances generated by bees and other animals as sex attractants, alarm signals, trail markers, and regulatory agents. Because of the economic importance and intrinsic intere… |
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Insects that live together
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Michael W. Dempsey |
Describes the behavior and relationship of insects that live in colonies--ants, termites, bees, and wasps. |
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