Round dance is a term used in bee keeping, entomology and communication of social insects. It describes a specific communicative behavior of honey bees inside the bee hive. When a forager, or scout bee, returns to the hive she performs a round dance to communicate the location of food sources close to the colony {less than 35 yards away}.[1] The bee moves in a circular pattern.
The waggle dance is used for communicating more distant nectar sources or pollen sources.
References
- ^ "NOVA Online". NOVA. 1999. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/dancesroun.html. Retrieved on 2008-12-21.
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