Just saw a post about bees and them having a democracy, and then someone mentions things like how communicate and the nuances to their communication.
How the eff does that work
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Well bee keeping is an ancient art. Like 10,000 years old. Modern day scientists mark the bees with ink for social experiments and see if bees are accepted into other hives etc. Bees are kept in controlled enviroments with cameras and studies are done on their interactions etc. We look for patterns that can be replicated in their behavoir in their society. One pattern is scout bees find a nee nesting site. The come back to the hive and alert the hive of a potential new location. Some workers agree to move some dont. When the queen agree she leaves the hive to the new location and they rebuild. The old hive creates a new queen with the larva shes left. We notice a democracy when multiple scouts attempt to tell the hive of a new locations. Some are able to convince the hive and gather support some arent
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