Why Did Donald Trump Get Elected? Ask the Bees

What do Donald Trump and a bee hive have in common? While this might sound like the setup to a bad joke or bit of political punditry, it's an important and meaningful academic question. To a collective behavior scientist, electing a president or choosing a new nest site are both choices that arise from the interactions of a large number of individuals. Joe Bak-Coleman (@jbakcoleman) is a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University, where he is studying collective behavior. When bees need to find a new nest site, scouts will visit several potential locations.