Hi David and all
> This is mostly a response to Bodvar, but I've a question for Mangus and the
> other bee keepers.
Actually it's Magnus, seems to be an odd name for non-swedes, I'm getting used
to being called other things.
> How do ant colonies and such transcend biological sq?
An ant colony doesn't die when an ant die. I also very much doubt that a beehive
dies when even the queen dies. I'm no expert here but I believe the queen role fairly
quickly is taken by someone else. Anyone knows?
Think of it this way, an anthill is more long-lived than any ant. I don't
know how long an ant lives but when every ant in an anthill has died and is
replaced by another ant, the anthill will still be the same anthill. Just as
my hometown is still the same town that was here 200, even 700, years ago,
even though nobody is alive that were alive then. The anthill, or town, is
the social pattern, or Giant, that I'm talking about. This social pattern
would be nothing without the citizens, but it doesn't matter which citizens
occupy the Giant right now, the Giant is still the same.
Magnus
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