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Influence of flight time and flight environment on distance communication by dancing honey bees

Date

Authors

Barron, Andrew

Zhu, Hong

Robinson, Gene E

Srinivasan, Mandyam V

Publisher

Birkhauser Verlag

Abstract

Forager honey bees communicate the distance of food sources to nest mates through waggle dances, but how do bees measure these distances? Recent work suggests that bees measure distance flown in terms of the extent of image motion (integrated optic flow)

Keywords

Keywords: behavioral ecology; communication behavior; flight behavior; honeybee; Apinae; Apis mellifera; Apoidea Apis mellifera; Dance language; Optic flow; Waggle dance

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/76664

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Insectes Sociaux

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s00040-005-0827-8

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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