Honeybees establish specific sites on the comb for their waggle dances |
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Authors: | Jürgen Tautz Martin Lindauer |
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Institution: | Biozentrum, T. Boveri-Institut, Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Universit?t Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany Tel.: +49-931/888-4319, Fax: +49-931/888-4909, e-mail: Tautz@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de, DE
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Abstract: | Successful honeybee foragers perform dances on the surface of the comb where they interact with nectar receivers and dance
followers. We have recorded the sites at which dances take place in large ten-frame hives and in two-frame observation hives.
We find that dancing bees are most commonly found on particular combs in large hives and in particular areas on the combs
in the observation hives. Although the site where dances take place may change from day to day, dancers will keep to the same
site during the foraging period in any one day. Furthermore, if an established dance site is artificially relocated in the
hive during the day, dancers seek these sites out before commencing their dances. We conclude that the dance sites are labelled
in some way and so promote the congregation of both dancers and dance followers at the same site.
Accepted: 27 November 1996 |
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Keywords: | Honeybee Waggle dance Dance site |
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