The Social Insects

The Social Insects

William Morton Wheeler

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2017
Materia
Psicología
ISBN:
9781138651371
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Originally published in 1928, this volume, by a world authority on the subject, sums up our knowledge of the social insects. It inquires what are the social insects and what it is that makes us call them ’social’.

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