May Symposium: "Five Wondrous Behaviors of Honey Bees" with Thomas D. Seeley

OUR MAY SYMPOSIUM with Thomas D. Seeley PhD, Author

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).

He'll be sharing his talk:

"Five Wondrous Behaviors of Honey Bees"
Worker honey bees are remarkable creatures. In this talk I will present five short "stories" about the behavioral skills of these bees. We will look at how worker honey bees 1) provide directions to important places, 2) rouse sleepy hive mates in the morning, 3) call for help in unloading nectar, 4) request help in grooming their bodies, and 5) prevent mass asphyxiation inside their homes.