How Honeybees Choose a Nest Site

Introduction An interesting problem studied by scientists and philosophers for hundreds of years is how large groups gather to make common decisions. This process is called social choice. The main aspect that was solved about social choice is how multiple individual choices within a group will be a preference for the entire group. The main group being studied in social choice is not the human population and many other options, but how to build a voting system to select results.

This paper describes the behavior of "spod mellifera" and "reconnaissance" members of Ali (Leptothorax albipennis) in exploring new nests. Bees and ants are social animals with complicated adaptive systems and are good examples as they have extensively studied their "collective intelligence". Only a few scanners (less than 5%) can leave the current nest and find new and better nests. Once found, assess the quality based on various variables (nest size, entrance size and location, top of hole, etc.). Sometimes they may find other nests first and evaluate them before returning to the current nest. Once they return, they share their discoveries about the new nests and begin recruiting their favorite nest believers. Bees do their swing dance, ant starts running in tandem and leads their followers to new nest

Wild bees usually choose to nest nests in watermarked trees, rock cracks, under the roof, and usually wherever elements can be protected. After finding a place they feel fit for their hive, bees will start making nests from the top down. The worker arranges the space by covering the wall with a thin layer of propolis. This material is made from plant resin collected from abdominal glands and beeswax secreted from saliva. Bees use propolis to cover the inside of the hive at various construction stages. That's because it has antimicrobial properties that help to protect the population from harmful bacteria that may invade from outside when the hive is completed. Next, the honeybee chews the waxes they secrete until it softens and binds them together to form a single cell. These cells are used to store honey, pollen, water, honey, eggs, larvae.