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Notes on the Eusocial Nature of Bees
Honeybees

Notes on the Eusocial Nature of Bees

I came across this paper while looking for descriptions of hierarchical organization within honeybee hives. The following includes comprehensive notes and thoughts from the paper "Revising the Superorganism" by Canciani et al (2019). Notes on: Revising the Superorganism: An Organizational Approach to Complex Eusociality Eusociality as example of social integration;

  • Liz Voeller
Liz Voeller Dec 28, 2021 • 4 min read
Honeybees

From comfort to constraint

We moved our bees this spring. From the grid of an urban environment close to the freeway to a meandering hillside close to the forest. The bees were ecstatic. Almost too happy. And so two weeks into moving, they swarmed. A sign of comfort, hives will split when they feel

  • Liz Voeller
Liz Voeller Apr 21, 2021 • 2 min read
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