The dance language
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Author list: Duangphakdee O., Hepburn H.R., Tautz J.
Publisher: Hindawi
Publication year: 2011
Start page: 313
End page: 332
Number of pages: 20
ISBN: 9783642164224; 9783642164217
ISSN: 0146-9428
eISSN: 1745-4557
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
von Frisch discovered a particularly exciting facet of honeybee biology: communication by the dance language. Only later, when Lindauer entered the scene, did studies on Asian honeybees gain a footing. Since then, great strides have been made with respect to foraging range vs. the dance tempo that shows some of the unique properties of Asian bees. Other topics include: the significance of the dance floor which differs among species, the nature of targeting food sources vs. new nest sites and the kind of information that is transmitted among worker bees. There is also the question of when to dance or not and that is firmly dependent on the azimuth of the sun. Finally, because bees fly along a changing environment, the distance measured will affect the shape of the dance curve; it is not possible to use any standardised calibration curve for the interpretation of dances even for the same colony. ฉ Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011. All rights reserved.
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