Honeybees, Maine. 2007. Photo by Peter Essick
National Geographic Photo of the Day
“Swarming honeybees, like these on Maine’s Appledore Island, frequently differ about where to establish a new nest. But the group usually chooses the best site. Bees reach this decision by gathering information, conducting independent evaluations, and holding a kind of vote. Scientists are studying such swarm intelligence – note the yellow and blue identifier dots on the bees in this photo – for clues about how humans might manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots.”
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Newcomb’s commentary: “When we speak of Nature it is wrong to forget that we are ourselves a part of Nature. We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.” Henri Matisse
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