robert e. page jr. (born 12 november 1949) 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.