How bees get rid of an old queen. Brutal

Maybe real queen bees should take a tip from Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert and carry a gun whenever they're surrounded by worker drones.
     Just kidding! Humans don't really smother their leaders!
     They just assassinate them with television ads and lots and lots of money from Karl Rove & Co., Joe Ricketts and Koch Bros. astroturf groups.

Scientific American via the Huffington Post