What Do Bees Argue About?

Jessica Towne
5 min readSep 24, 2018
“swarm of honey bees” by Damien TUPINIER on Unsplash

A hive full of honey bees busily working away might seem like the epitome of harmony. After all, most of the workers are siblings working together to raise new brothers and sisters. However, even this family has conflicts now and then. Their arguments may actually be similar to the ones you have at the dinner table, but unlike your family feuds, they can be explained, at least partially, with genetics.

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