A survey on bee colony algorithms

Abstract

This paper presents a survey of current research activities inspired by bee life. This work is intended to provide a broad and comprehensive view of the various principles and applications of these bio-inspired systems. We propose to classify them into two major models. The first one is based on the foraging behavior in the bee quotidian life and the second is inspired by the marriage principle. Different original studies are described and classified along with their applications, comparisons against other approaches and results. We then summarize a review of their derived algorithms and research efforts.