DG-72.12 From Measurement to Quorum: Detection Thresholds and Collective State Transitions in the Honey Bee Colony
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| contents | <p>This working paper develops a regulatory framework in which the honey bee colony is interpreted as a distributed sensory-regulatory system that transitions between functional states through signal accumulation rather than centralized decision-making.</p> <p>The concept of quorum is defined as a physical process of sensory signal aggregation that exceeds a detection threshold and initiates a collective state transition. The colony does not respond to isolated events, but to changes in signal intensity, frequency, and temporal-spatial alignment.</p> <p>The paper describes detection thresholds as regulatory mechanisms that filter background variability and prevent excessive reactivity. Once accumulated sensory measurements surpass a defined level of alignment, the colony shifts from a stable state into a new functional regime (e.g., ventilation intensification, queen replacement, swarm preparation, defensive activation).</p> <p>The framework integrates non-linear regulatory logic, distributed coordination, and energetic constraints, arguing that colony behaviour emerges from threshold-based transitions rather than individual decision processes.</p> <p>This document represents the dynamic component of the DG-72 series, following the structural analysis of sensory architecture (DG-72.11) and preceding the analysis of regulatory noise and detection threshold shifts (DG-72.13).</p> |
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| spellingShingle | DG-72.12 From Measurement to Quorum: Detection Thresholds and Collective State Transitions in the Honey Bee Colony Goralija, Dženan honey bee colony Apis mellifera quorum dynamics detection threshold collective state transition distributed regulation non-linear systems collective behaviour swarm dynamics pheromonal signalling colony resilience regulatory coherence <p>This working paper develops a regulatory framework in which the honey bee colony is interpreted as a distributed sensory-regulatory system that transitions between functional states through signal accumulation rather than centralized decision-making.</p> <p>The concept of quorum is defined as a physical process of sensory signal aggregation that exceeds a detection threshold and initiates a collective state transition. The colony does not respond to isolated events, but to changes in signal intensity, frequency, and temporal-spatial alignment.</p> <p>The paper describes detection thresholds as regulatory mechanisms that filter background variability and prevent excessive reactivity. Once accumulated sensory measurements surpass a defined level of alignment, the colony shifts from a stable state into a new functional regime (e.g., ventilation intensification, queen replacement, swarm preparation, defensive activation).</p> <p>The framework integrates non-linear regulatory logic, distributed coordination, and energetic constraints, arguing that colony behaviour emerges from threshold-based transitions rather than individual decision processes.</p> <p>This document represents the dynamic component of the DG-72 series, following the structural analysis of sensory architecture (DG-72.11) and preceding the analysis of regulatory noise and detection threshold shifts (DG-72.13).</p> |
| title | DG-72.12 From Measurement to Quorum: Detection Thresholds and Collective State Transitions in the Honey Bee Colony |
| topic | honey bee colony Apis mellifera quorum dynamics detection threshold collective state transition distributed regulation non-linear systems collective behaviour swarm dynamics pheromonal signalling colony resilience regulatory coherence |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18647034 |