/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/what-is-with-that-bee-avatar-you-useThat is an good question, I am a Bee Keeper so I though it appropriate to use a &quot;busy bee&quot; as my avatar. I started with 2 hives and grew it to 5 before this last winter when the weather managed to kill them all here in NC. Now I&#39;m back to...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/what-is-with-that-bee-avatar-you-useSat, 10 Mar 2018 21:04:35 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:50c4264f-4dc4-48ad-87e6-7e0e46e57c14beacon_dave1<p>I seem to recall that a lot of research using electronics has gone into figuring out how bees instinctively know the answer behind the mathematical &#39;travelling salesman problem&#39;, in as much&nbsp; that they appear to be able to take the near optimal route between food sources in order to minimalise travel time/distance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is it true that you can move an active bee hive a few cms or a few kilometres and they will be able to locate it, but it confuses them if you move it a few metres ?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=4409&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">