Tag Archives: Tom Seeley
Resistance is Futile
The Hive Mind, the idea that an entire colony operates like a single organism with one mind, is a notion that’s been picked up by people who don’t usually wear bee veils. Some of these folks are screenplay writers while … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Biology, Science, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged Borg, collective wisdom, hive mind, Tom Seeley, Wadey
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Keeping ahead of the sheep
Democracies often work better than dictatorships. Democracy is based on crowd decisions, or, in the trendy new parlance, crowd sourcing. Crowd sourcing really came of age with the internet – put your question, issue, project, or some politician’s dirty laundry … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, History, Swarms
Tagged crowd sourcing, Henry David Thoreau, Honey Bee Democracy, Tom Seeley
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