colony collapse disorder

Bee Hive Metaphor Offers Human Hive Disturbing Pattern of Survival?

By Marilyn Hamilton|2017-04-07T02:57:20+00:00August 31st, 2015|Categories: city, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, G. Levels: Developmental/Evolutionary|Tags: beehive, beyond smart and resilient city, Climate change, colony collapse disorder, evolutionary intelligence, honey bees, human hive, integral city, integral city intelligences, waking up human hive|3 Comments

Are metaphors useful when real life intrudes on their original power as a pattern framer? Colony Collapse Disorder For instance (almost a decade ago) when I coined the term “Human Hive” as a metaphor for the living, evolutionary human system of the city, it predated many life events that have since occurred. Perhaps [...]

Colony Collapse for Human Hive or Cracks Where Light Gets In?

Colony collapse disorder (CCD) for the honey bee has been giving me warning signs to look at the equivalent possibility for the human hive. Three stories from this week's news offer some strong "weak signals" that may be indications of onset of the human hive's CCD in America. The Tucson shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and many others are [...]