Group Decision Making in Honey Bee Swarms.

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    • Subject Terms:
      DECISION making in animals; HONEYBEES; BEEKEEPING; ANIMAL social behavior; ANIMAL communication; ANIMAL behavior
    • Abstract:
      The article examines group decision making in honey bee swarms and how they cooperatively choose their new nesting site. It discusses honey bee social behavior and communication. Bees scouting for nest performs a waggle dance to inform hive mates of the locations of food sources. During the decision-making process, only a few hundred bees in the swarm were active, flying to and from the swarm, presumably finding and inspecting potential nest sites. A swarm's decision-making process is essentially one of consensus building.