This version is not peer-reviewed. Hannes Augustus Bonhoff * ,Heikki Helanterä * Hannes Augustus Bonhoff * ,Heikki Helanterä * Submitted: 02 February 2026 You are already at the latest version honey bee ; Apis mellifera ; superorganism ; life history ; life cycle ; swarming This open access article is published under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, which permit the free download, distribution, and reuse, provided that the author and preprint are cited in any reuse.