Background
Southwick, Edward E. was born on January 13, 1943 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lawrence and Caroline Cope Southwick.
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The honeybee (Apis melli/era L. ) is one of the better studied organisms on this planet. There are plenty of books on the biology of the honeybee for all, the scientist, the beekeeper, and the layman. In view of this flood of publications one is tempted to ask: why does it require another one? The answer is simple: a new one is not required and we do not intend to present a new book on "the honeybee". This would really just add some more inches to the already overloaded bookshelf without sub stantial new information. Instead, we intend to present a book on the honeybee colony. This of course immediately releases the next question: so what is the difference? Although the difference may look insignificant at first glance, we try to guide the reader with a fundamentally different approach through the biology of honeybees and eusocial insect societies in general. The biology of individual colony members is only addressed when it is necessary to explain colonial mechanisms, and the colony as a whole, as a biological unit, which is the main focus of this treatise. Both of us felt that all current textbooks on bee biology put too much emphasis on the individual worker, queen or drone in the colony. Often it is com pletely neglected that the colony is a very significant (if not the most significant) biological structure in bee biology.
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Southwick, Edward E. was born on January 13, 1943 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lawrence and Caroline Cope Southwick.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Michigan, 1965. Master of Science in Biology, University Michigan, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, Washington State University, 1971.
Assistant professor Duquesne University, 1971. Postdoctoral University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1972-1974. From associate professor to professor State University of New York, Brockport, from 1977.
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Member International Union for Study Social Insects, International Bee Research Association, Entomological Society of America, Rochester Academy of Sciences.
Married Alrun Kiihl Southwick. Children: Stefanie, Autje.