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Decision-Making in Social Insects by AnhNguyen is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Social insects like honey bees and ants use quorum sensing to make decentralized decisions as a colony. Honey bee swarms use quorum sensing to choose the best new nest site through a process of scouting, dancing to recruit others to potential sites, and migrating once a quorum is reached at the highest quality site. Ant colonies also use quorum sensing when relocating their nest, with scout ants recruiting others based on the quality of sites found and the colony moving once the best site reaches a quorum t
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