{"id":2096,"date":"2023-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/adult-honeybees-teach-baby-bees-dance-waggle-complex-form-communication-study\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T00:00:00","slug":"adult-honeybees-teach-baby-bees-dance-waggle-complex-form-communication-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/adult-honeybees-teach-baby-bees-dance-waggle-complex-form-communication-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult honeybees teach baby bees how to 'dance': The 'waggle' is a complex form of communication, says study"},"content":{"rendered":"
The honeybee<\/a> sure know hows to move its bee-hind.<\/p>\n A new study from the journal Science<\/a> revealed that adult honeybees teach young bees how to dance.<\/p>\n The “waggle dance” in honeybees is a known behavior and form of communication within the species, according to the study.<\/p>\n AMERICAN WILDLIFE QUIZ! HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THESE STATS AND FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS IN THE UNITED STATES?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The dance is a “complex form of spatial referential communication,” it also noted.<\/p>\n The dance communicates direction, distance and even quality of resources \u2014 such as nectar and pollen from flowers \u2014 to honeybee nest mates.<\/p>\n Honeybees perform the “waggle dance” to communicate with other foragers.<\/span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n This is done by “encoding celestial cues, retinal optic flow and relative food value into motion and sound within the nest,” the study explained.<\/p>\n ORANGE LADYBUGS AND THE SPIRITUAL MEANING BEHIND THE INSECT: WHAT TO KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n But to get the waggle dance down, honeybees require lessons from older bees, the study also revealed.<\/p>\n The journal Science studied 10 honeybee colonies in Kunming, China.<\/span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n The experiment took place at the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Kunming, China.<\/p>\n It was conducted from April to June 2021 and from April to June 2022 to facilitate the survival of young bees in 10 colonies \u2014 five control and five experimental.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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