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Animal behaviour: The wisdom of the bees

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Swarms teach us that leaders should create conditions for collective decisions, learns John Whitfield.

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  1. John Whitfield is a science writer based in London. His book about reputation will be published in 2011. j.a.whitfield@gmail.com ,

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