01378cam a2200289 4500 344888486 TxAuBib 20180413120000.0 080903s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008038547 9780393067040 hardcover 0393067041 hardcover (OCoLC)227016678 TxAuBib Hölldobler, Bert, 1936- The superorganism : the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson ; line drawings by Margaret C. Nelson. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, 2009. xxi, 522 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The construction of a superorganism -- Genetic social evolution -- Sociogenesis -- The genetic evolution of decision rules -- The division of labor -- Communication -- The rise of the ants -- Ponerine ants : the great radiation -- The attine leafcutters : the ultimate superorganisms -- Nest architecture and house hunting. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a detailed account of the lives of social insects. 20180413. Insect societies. Wilson, Edward O. TXCMR