page_title: Robert E. Page Jr.
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caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Opylení včelou English: Pollination by a bee. Français&#160;: Pollinisation par une abeille. Italiano: Un'ape mentre impollina un fiore. Македонски: Пчела како опрашува цвет. Nederlands: Bestuiving door een bij
context_page_description: Robert E. Page Jr. is one of the foremost honey bee geneticists in the world and a Foundation Chair of Life Sciences of Arizona State University. An author of more than 250 research papers and articles, his work on the self-organizing regulatory networks of honey bees has been outlined in his book, "The Spirit of the Hive: The Mechanisms of Social Evolution," published by Harvard University Press in 2013. Page currently holds the titles of Arizona State University Provost Emeritus and Regents Professor Emeritus. He is also Chair and Professor Emeritus at the University of California-Davis and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
context_section_description: Robert Page's background is in behavior and  population genetics and the focus of his current research is on the evolution of complex social behavior. Using the honey bee as a model, he has dissected bee's complex foraging division of labor at all levels of biological organization - from gene networks to complex social interactions. His work, as well as that of his distinguished students, is outlined in his publication "The Spirit of the Hive: The Mechanisms of Social Evolution," released by Harvard University Press in 2013.  As described on the fly leaf:  "This book presents a comprehensive picture of the genetic and physiological mechanisms underlying the division of labor in honey bee colonies and explains how bees' complex social behavior has evolved over millions of years." His work has been cited in more than 18,000 publications and has an h-index value of 74.
caption: Honey bee pollinating flowers
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