// The Song Remains The Same

Where there is an ecosystem, there are local experts. An outsider can muddle through an unfamiliar wilderness at some level, but to thrive or to survive a crisis, he’ll require local expertise. Gardeners regularly surprise academic experts by growing things they aren’t supposed to be able to grow because, as local experts, they tune into [...]

(This is a thread of an ongoing series on Self Organization; The first article was Emergence, and the preceding article was Self Organization and Social Insects.)
In this article I want to explore discovery in social insects as it is a critical mechanic given that individuals in a colony have little beyond local perception yet employ [...]