:D I am an amateur beekeeper and this kind of reminds me of how a bee colony operates in locating food source and new hive locations.
Your article inspired me to give it a shot at my own post on how Blockchain, DAO and Steem reflect pheromone actions within a bee colony so thanks for that!
Have a look, it compliments your article quite well!
https://steemit.com/blockchain/@loewan/blockchain-dao-and-steem-from-the-perspectives-of-honeybees
Interesting you mention that. All swarm AI's take their cues primarily from nature, because nature was the first to solve these problems and has gotten really good at it.
A honey bee finding a flower with nectar in it is the same exact behavior as a swarm locating the next best topic to upvote.
It's good fun being a beekeeper. I feel a lot more attuned to the flora and the weather conditions in my surrounding areas. There are always mad surprises whenever I open the hive for inspections and it's always wonderful to read about something new and crazy and have it confirmed by observation.