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.