Comment on Study reveals that honeybee dance ‘styles’ sway food foraging success.

AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Seleni@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They must, since not only do they find their way back to the same flowers day after day, they also seem to remember when peak nectar production is, and when the flower will be open (in the case of species that close during bad weather/certain parts of the day/night).

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  • spiderhamster@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They also get an visual indicator from the flowers we can’t see. The bees just need a rough map to the area. Check this shit out: smithsonianmag.com/…/flowers-manipulate-light-to-…

    This explains the waggle dance in a way I like: beeprofessor.com/waggle-dance/

    More cool info about bees. Bee lifecycles, how queens are made and supercedure are my favorite topics.

    beehivehero.com/bee-life-cycle/ theapiarist.org/supersedure/

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