Honeybee Democracy, as Naturally Scientific as it gets

If you haven't heard of the book "Honeybee Democracy" by Dr. Tom Seely yet, let me tell you, it is  a tremendous book.  As a matter of fact,  I think Tom Seely is perhaps one of the greatest examples of a Naturally Scientific person doing research out there.

Basically, the book is a sort of summation of his work over the years in studying honeybee decision making methods.  In particular, how the swarm chooses a new nest location.  Along the way though, he talks about all the things he had to study about bees natural environments and the things bees do inside a "natural" bee nest to better understand what the bees are referencing and looking for when they make those decisions.

Much of that work has been incredibly helpful in understanding an finding better ways to work with bees in other aspects of beekeeping as a sort of an extra benefit.

There is a lot more than meets the eye to learn from this book besides honeybee decision making, as if that weren't enough.