Strength-mass scaling law governs mass distribution inside honey bee swarms
O. Shishkov, C. Chen, C. A. Madonna, K. Jayaram, O. Peleg
The paper uses 3D reconstructions to show that honey bee swarms follow a strength-mass scaling law, where each layer's weight scales with its mass to the 1.5 power.
bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2022Animal Behavior & Cognition