The Mind of a Bee

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The Mind of a Bee
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Author Lars Chittka
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Princeton University Press
Publication date
    • 19 July 2022 (2022-07-19) (UK)
    • 26 July 2022 (2022-07-26) (US)
ISBN 978-0-691-18047-2
OCLC 1458822721

The Mind of a Bee is a 2022 book by Lars Chittka. [1]

Contents

Content

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Lars Chittka in February 2025

The book starts with an overarching introduction in which the author gives a basic overview of bees. [2] The following ten chapters deal with bee sensory processing, instinct behaviours, communication, cognition, brain physiology, personality, and consciousness. [2] The final chapter is written as an afterword. [2]

Reception

Alun Anderson reviewed the book for New Scientist. [3]

The book was listed on the 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic Titles. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Tibbetts, Elizabeth A. (8 August 2022). "The remarkable world of bees". Current Biology . 32 (15). Elsevier: R810 –R811. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.053 . ISSN   0960-9822.
  2. 1 2 3 Gray, Helen (1 March 2023). "The Mind of a Bee". Animal Welfare . 32. Cambridge University Press: e26. doi: 10.1017/awf.2023.11 . eISSN   2054-1538. ISSN   0962-7286. PMC   10936241 . Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Alun (16 July 2022). "To bee or not to bee" (PDF). New Scientist . pp. 34–35. ISSN   0262-4079. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Outstanding Academic Titles 2023: Most Read Reviews, Part One". Choice . 1 December 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2025.