Deciding on a new home: How do honeybees agree?

N. F. Britton; N. R. Franks; S. C. Pratt; T. D. Seeley

doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2001

Deciding on a new home: How do honeybees agree?

N. F. Britton, N. R. Franks, S. C. Pratt, T. D. Seeley

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Abstract

A swarm of honeybees (Apis mellifera) is capable of selecting one nest-site when faced with a choice of several. We adapt classical mathematical models of disease, information and competing beliefs to such decision-making processes. We show that the collective decision may be arrived at without the necessity for any bee to make any comparison between sites.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1383-1388
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume	269
Issue number	1498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2001
State	Published - Jul 7 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Apis mellifera
Collective decision-making
Honeybees
Nest-site choice
Social insects

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Immunology and Microbiology(all)
Environmental Science(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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