Seeley, Lives of Bees

Wild colonies of honey bees hold the key to improving the health of the managed colonies kept by beekeepers, according to Thomas D. Seeley, the Horace White Professor in Biology, in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell. Why do wild honey bee colonies thrive while those of beekeepers often suffer high mortality? What new insights have scientists gained about the behavior, social life, and survival strategies of honey bees, by looking at how they live in nature? Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, answers these questions as he presents The “Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild” (Princeton University Press, 2019) in a Chats in the Stacks book talk at Mann Library in March 2020. He also discusses a new approach to beekeeping-“Darwinian Beekeeping”- whereby beekeepers can revise their practices to make the lives of their six-legged partners less stressful and therefore more healthful.
Dr. Seeley is a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His previous books include the “Wisdom of the Hive” (awarded the 1998 Gold Medal Book Award from Apimondia) and the widely acclaimed titles “Honeybee Democracy” (2010) and “Following the Wild Bees” (2016). “The Lives of Bees” was recognized as a finalist for the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Popular Mathematics by the Association of American Publishers.

[@e36mpowerFTW]

Thank you for uploading! this had the best post lecture question sessions of the endless lectures I have watched, not even close. Thank you to the informed audience and the expert Dr. Seeley.

[@sidhardhanpm1688]

Thanks for your enlightened talk covering everything about honeybees and beekeeping. HB

[@18Bees]

Thank you for uploading this talk.

[@mannlibrary]

Sorry we missed your comment of 2 months ago --but, you're welcome!

[@FrederickDunn]

e x c e l l e n t !

[@bertpons6500]

In the questions section, somebody asked if the honey bees are interfering with the other bees. Don't think they do. Honey bees have what is called " flower constancy", when they find a good food source, they focus on that and keep going back untill it's exhausted. Solitary bees don't have that, they visit what ever flower they find

[@raymschmidt6032]

Tom, it may be that the bears don't bother live standing trees, but will tear open a bait box, is that bears aren't really after the honey, as many folks think. They want to eat the bees. Rotten logs, bears will tear apart and lick up insect larva. Honey is a sideline for the bears.

[@pszczelarium2063]

59:40 very interesting

[@pszczelarium2063]

46:30 what type of hive?

[@pszczelarium2063]

ok. found: LAYENS HIVE

[@tangokaleidos1926]

Bill Murray

[@pszczelarium2063]

swarming wasn't even mentioned as a natural factor for mites reduction. Why?

[@ChLeito]

Start listening @38:00

[@pszczelarium2063]

@@ChLeito oh. Yes thank you. But this is only one aspect. How about a swarm taking mites with them when swarming