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オオミツバチ(Apis dorsata、Giant honey bee)による"Shimmering(揺らぎ)"は、組織化による自己防御手段です。

The Giant Honeybee doesn't have an outer wall around their beehive, so to protect the hive from hornets and other predators, the colony creates a ripple effect called "shimmering". The closer the threat, the faster the shimmer. An example of self-organization in nature. pic.twitter.com/CmkxW8XSsO

— Helbard Alkhassadeh (@helbard) November 14, 2021