Colony
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<speciesfyi-glossary slug="colony"></speciesfyi-glossary>Definition
A group of social insects living together cooperatively, often with specialized castes for reproduction and labor.
Detailed Explanation
Colony organization involves chemical, tactile, and vibrational communication between castes — queens, workers, soldiers, and reproductives — that perform different tasks. Honeybee colonies can contain 60,000 workers, all daughters of a single queen. Colony-level decisions — nest site selection, foraging allocation — emerge from individual interactions without central control, a biological example of distributed intelligence that has inspired swarm robotics.