Thomas Seeley waxes poetic on bees

Lindsay France/University Photography Professor Thomas Seeley details the complex decision-making processes in bee colonies in a reading from his book, "Honeybee Democracy," at a Literary Luncheon May 1. Lindsay France/University Photography President David Skorton discusses his beekeeping experience in his introduction of writer and Cornell biologist Thomas Seeley.

Writer and biologist Thomas D. Seeley finds inspiration among honeybees, a species with much to teach us about “the power of democratic decision-making.”