Is the Bee Colony Optimisation algorithm suitable for continuous numerical optimisation?

Milos Simic. Is the Bee Colony Optimisation algorithm suitable for continuous numerical optimisation?. IJMHeur, 6(4):279-308, 2017. [doi]

@article{Simic17,
  title = {Is the Bee Colony Optimisation algorithm suitable for continuous numerical optimisation?},
  author = {Milos Simic},
  year = {2017},
  doi = {10.1504/IJMHEUR.2017.10006778},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMHEUR.2017.10006778},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/Simic17},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {IJMHeur},
  volume = {6},
  number = {4},
  pages = {279-308},
}