Honey Bees: Do They Use the Distance Information Contained in Their Dance Maneuver?

Regular visitors at one site (experimental) in a linear series of sites normally recruit inexperienced hive mates to or near that site. If bees from a second hive were allowed to forage at both control sites, however, recruits from the experimental hive, while orienting to these sites, exhibited no...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1967-02, Vol.155 (3764), p.847-849
Main Author: Wenner, Adrian M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aircraft maneuvers
Animals
Bee dances
Bees
Behavior, Animal
Communication
Cues
Forage
Honey bees
Insect behavior
Insect colonies
Insect genetics
Insect reproduction
Odors
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Summary:Regular visitors at one site (experimental) in a linear series of sites normally recruit inexperienced hive mates to or near that site. If bees from a second hive were allowed to forage at both control sites, however, recruits from the experimental hive, while orienting to these sites, exhibited no evidence of having used any distance information they might have received before leaving their parent hive.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.155.3764.847