so the article is a fun diversion for me, but the takeaway i get is capital hindering removal of failing leaders for profit by maintainance of the appearance of authority. even in beekeeping. like a matroska doll or a fractal: the same thing shows up over and over again.
idk what i mean to say with this post or why i make it
I am not an expert on bees, but I’ve had long discussions on the topic with friends who are beekeepers. The more we talked the more I understood I knew nothing on the topic.
I can’t say I remember too many details from these conversations. Still, there is one thing that stuck with me: the fact that we say they have a Queen, tells more about us observing them and our frame of reference, than about the way they actually organise. In a way, it’s more about projecting a belief system, on what we see, instead of just observing and trying to describe it. Something like that.