Communication in Bees: The Fascinating World of Honey Bees
Communication in Bees
Dr. Arnab Ganguli
Assistant Professor and Head
PG Department of Zoology
B B College, Asansol
The Bee Colony
Haplodiploidy
The World of a Bee
The Round
Dance
When
food is less than 100 meters away
5–25% of the workers in the
hive are scouts. Their job is to
search for new sources of food
for the other workers,
the foragers, to harvest.
When food is within 50–75 meters of the
hive, the scouts dance the "round
dance" on the surface of the comb
The Waggle
Dance
When
food is more than 100 meters away
But when the food is farther than 100 meters from the hive, the scouts
dance the "waggle dance"
Thank you
Enjoy your/with your
honey
Karl von Frisch won the Nobel in 1973 for his work in
Bee Communication
Bees communicate through pheromones and dances to coordinate activities in the hive. They use multiple senses to locate flowers and share information about food sources with intricate dances. Learn about the remarkable communication strategies of bees and the role of pheromones in hive dynamics.
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Communication in Bees Dr. Arnab Ganguli Assistant Professor and Head PG Department of Zoology B B College, Asansol
The World of a Bee Honey bees use all of their senses to find the best flowers including: smell, color, shape, location, petal textures, and time of day Bees see flowers differently than humans. They can see visible light and also ultraviolet (UV) light.
Pheromones are the first line of communication
The Queen releases pheromones which make the workers sterile
The Round Dance When food is less than 100 meters away 5 25% of the workers in the hive are scouts. Their job is to search for new sources of food for the other workers, the foragers, to harvest. When food is within 50 75 meters of the hive, the scouts dance the "round dance" on the surface of the comb
The Waggle Dance When food is more than 100 meters away But when the food is farther than 100 meters from the hive, the scouts dance the "waggle dance"
Thank you Enjoy your/with your honey Karl von Frisch won the Nobel in 1973 for his work in Bee Communication
