nature video | Shake those bees back and forth: Smart swarm intelligence @NatureVideoChannel | Uploaded September 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
What happens when you shake a swarm? This bundle of buzzing bees changes shape to form a more stable structure. This clever response is the result of individual bees following simple rules - a kind of emergent intelligence.

To find out how ants use similar simple rules to create complex structures, watch this film: youtube.com/watch?v=wdsHegIujMg

To read the original research paper in Nature Physics click here: nature.com/articles/s41567-018-0262-1

17th September 2018