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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Seeley et al 2006. 112618, "Recruitment-signal strength" diminishes With each subsequent visit from the new hive back to the swarm by the same scout, the swarm moves to a branch and form a "bee beard cluster" from which about a hundred of the older individuals serve as scouts looking for a new hive, overpopulation of the original hive (usually during late spring/ early summer) causing The queen to lay new queen cells which hatch into a virgin queen, When many hive sites were available & close showed similar results in that when a quorum was reached the swarms moved to the new hive, "New home" hunting by swarms of honeybees does not involve compromise, providing information about multiple new hives but eventually narrowing it down to a single new hive site via "quorum sensing" at which time just prior to moving the swarm, a special high pitched "let's move" "piping vibration" signal is emitted and members of the hive shiver to warm the hive for take off to the new site, the number of repetitions of the entire dance which is the same for conveying food information, "New home" hunting by swarms of honeybees involves transmission of information about the potential new site, just prior to moving the swarm, a special high pitched "let's move" "piping vibration" signal is emitted and members of the hive shiver to warm the hive for take off to the new site for which the entire process may take up to a few days, Experimentally with results, quality which is conveyed by the number of repetitions of the entire dance, transmission of information about the potential new site including quality, results showing "Recruitment-signal strength", A Quorum for the best hive was reached when 15 bees were seen at one of the experimental hives, results showing A Quorum for the best hive was reached, direction which is conveyed by the angle of the dance on the swarm, "New home" hunting by swarms of honeybees occurs through a quorum, The old queen takes the oldest half (members) of bees to form a new hive then the swarm moves to a branch and form a "bee beard cluster", if successful, will lead to more recruits signalling for the same new hive eventually leading to A snowball effect of voting, by "disagreement and contest" ultimately leading to group agreement