Being a Hive

I decided to build a beehive. After a few days of intense cutting, sawing of timber and nail hammering, I had the hive and stand built. The experience was one of kind, something I’d always remember. I observed the empty hive for almost a week, seeing ants try getting in and out and Nairobi flies all over the place competing for shelter. The sun finally decided to shade its warmth and boom, few bees showed up buzzing and checking out the new crib.

Bees are remarkable creatures. They operate in a sort of ‘hive’ mind (Brain of brains) — they are collectively co-joined to make no biased decisions that affect their hive. In this case, they decide a place to stay. A hive mind combines the wisdom, knowledge, insight and intuition of each individual bee and converges them to make one decision they can all agree upon.

Collective ideas from a hive mind are argued out by each individual participant to find the optimal course path that best solves a problem. The question is, who controls the collective mind? In a collective society as observed in a swarm of ants, the colony is guided by simple rules that help determine a potential out-put.

It’s beautiful to watch a shoal of fish or flock of birds communicate locally and synchronize their motions and respond to predators to enhance survival