Monday, March 05, 2012

The Secret Life of Bees | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Secret-Life-of-Bees.html

" Our brains need a way to avoid stalemates. Like the decaying dances of honeybees, a coalition starts to get weaker if it doesn't get a continual supply of signals from the eyes. As a result, it doesn't get locked early into the wrong choice. Just as honeybees use a quorum, our brain waits until one coalition hits a threshold and then makes a decision."
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