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Why do bees dance?

Since bees live in colonies in hives and eat together, it is important for them to collect all the food they find. Therefore, when a bee that has found food returns to the hive, it takes the rest of the bees with it to collect nectar and pollen from the found flowers. She performs her dance over the honeycombs of the hive.

Already agitated bees gather around the dancing bee and repeat the movements of the dancer. They then leave the hive, without the dancing bee to guide them, and fly straight to the food source. Dancing bees are able to convey the direction of flight and the place where food is located to other bees with these movements. If the bees dance in a circle, then the bees fly out and look for food nearby.

The dancing bee carries the smell of nectar, which tells the other bees which flower to look for. If the returning bee sways while performing the dance, it means that you need to fly hundreds of kilometers to get the nectar. During this dance, the bee flies straight for some time, indicating in which direction to go for food. If the bee rises straight up, this indicates that the location of the food is in the direction of the sun. If the bee goes down, then you need to fly in the direction opposite to the sun.

The speed of the dance indicates the distance to the feeding place. If the speed is high, then the nectar is not far away. The greater the distance, the slower the dance. If the amount of food left after visiting a returned bee is small, it does not perform its dance and the bees do not fly there in search of nectar.

Author: Likum A.

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