A honeybee mid-waggle dance, communicating the distance and direction to a newfound source of food, water or pollen.
Dr. Roger Schürch
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Sinclaire
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This article was very interesting, although it didn't really have an answer. It was really cool how the bees show where the food is by doing a dance. I never knew that before reading this article. I wonder if there are any other factors that play into how a bee dances, like species, gender, and age. Maybe if a bee is excited, it dances differently. This was a cool article!
I think article was very interesting. I never knew bees could dance. I think it is very interesting how they use dance to show where the food is. It seems that they are very smart. I agree with Sinclaire that maybe if maybe the dances change based on their emotions. In all I really enjoyed this article.
I think this article was very open-ended. The researchers did not give an answer to their question. At least the problem lies in nature instead of pollution or something like that.
Bees dancing a "waggle dance"? I never would have believed this if someone had straight out told me! I wonder how the bees evolved this. It must have taken a while before the bees understood each other's dance moves! I wonder if the reason why the bee's dance is off is that it can't remember exactly where the food that it found is? What if it's giving a range? If this is true, then maybe the reason why the other bees are ignoring their mates is because the range that they gave is too big. Another thing is how do the bees know about the different angles? Do they have sensors in their bodies? If they do, then how do they measure the angles of where the food is? I wish that this article was a video, as I would like to see some of these waggle dances.
The Waggle Dance! Wow, bees are studying our way of life. I wonder if they have dance offs. Hey, I have an idea, instead of dancing about where the food is, why don't you just go keep it all for yourself! Idiots these days... I agree with Grandma Gwen :), I would like to see a video of this so called "Waggle Dance"
This article was pretty cool but I agree with Sinclaire that it did not really have an ending. On the other hand, I never knew that bees could dance and that without gravity the waggle dance could be so accurate. It was cool how they do this to tell where food is located. I would also like to see this dance, I think it would be incredibly cool.
I did know about this "waggle dance" but I didn't know that gravity could affect it. Sinclaire, I don't think the bees' gender, age or emotions affect the dance, because the only purpose of it is to show where the food is. It's really cool that bees can do things like this though.
This article was interesting, but I agree: There was no answer. It is very interesting that bees do a dance to signal where food is. And only the females do this. Very, very interesting, and quite baffling.
Wow, I didn't know that it was in relation to the sun. I knew that the bees communicated the location of a flower patch through dancing, but I never knew it was in relation to the sun.
I thought that was really cool. I didn't know bees could dance. I thought it would have been really cool if they posted a video because I would have loved to see them.
This article was a really interesting one. I didn't know bees could do the "waggle dance". I agree with Ryan and Sinclaire that maybe their dances could be changed based on their feelings. They must be really smart to create like a dance language. Like almost everyone else said, it was kind of open-ended and didn't have an answer. I agree with Cami, having a video on this would have made this really, really cool. Oh well...
That is very interesting! I think it is cool how the bees use a little dance to communicate to each other. I think it is weird that gravity is interfering with the dance, since gravity is a natural force.
I always knew that bees had their "waggle" dance and I did know that they communicated by that because I saw this magic school bus episode when I was younger, but I never knew that they used a dance to tell where the food is. That is good point that Sinclaire made that there could possible be other facts that have why bees dance. This was a really interesting and informative article!
If bees need to know the location of the sun to make a correctly angled waggle dance, what would happen if they were enclosed in a place where they couldn't see the sun?
I didn't really think this article stated their answer, but I still learned interesting things. I never knew that the bees rapid movements and buzzing actually meant something, and like Sergio said, what would happen if they were locked in a room with no light? It would also be interesting to see if using different kind of lights would mess up the dance.
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This article was very interesting, although it didn't really have an answer. It was really cool how the bees show where the food is by doing a dance. I never knew that before reading this article. I wonder if there are any other factors that play into how a bee dances, like species, gender, and age. Maybe if a bee is excited, it dances differently. This was a cool article!
I think article was very interesting. I never knew bees could dance. I think it is very interesting how they use dance to show where the food is. It seems that they are very smart. I agree with Sinclaire that maybe if maybe the dances change based on their emotions. In all I really enjoyed this article.
I think this article was very open-ended. The researchers did not give an answer to their question. At least the problem lies in nature instead of pollution or something like that.
Bees dancing a "waggle dance"? I never would have believed this if someone had straight out told me! I wonder how the bees evolved this. It must have taken a while before the bees understood each other's dance moves! I wonder if the reason why the bee's dance is off is that it can't remember exactly where the food that it found is? What if it's giving a range? If this is true, then maybe the reason why the other bees are ignoring their mates is because the range that they gave is too big. Another thing is how do the bees know about the different angles? Do they have sensors in their bodies? If they do, then how do they measure the angles of where the food is? I wish that this article was a video, as I would like to see some of these waggle dances.
The Waggle Dance! Wow, bees are studying our way of life. I wonder if they have dance offs. Hey, I have an idea, instead of dancing about where the food is, why don't you just go keep it all for yourself! Idiots these days... I agree with Grandma Gwen :), I would like to see a video of this so called "Waggle Dance"
This article was pretty cool but I agree with Sinclaire that it did not really have an ending. On the other hand, I never knew that bees could dance and that without gravity the waggle dance could be so accurate. It was cool how they do this to tell where food is located. I would also like to see this dance, I think it would be incredibly cool.
I did know about this "waggle dance" but I didn't know that gravity could affect it. Sinclaire, I don't think the bees' gender, age or emotions affect the dance, because the only purpose of it is to show where the food is. It's really cool that bees can do things like this though.
This is interesting this 'waggle dance'
This article was interesting, but I agree: There was no answer. It is very interesting that bees do a dance to signal where food is. And only the females do this. Very, very interesting, and quite baffling.
This was kind of an odd article. I've always seen bees moving weirdly but I never thought it meant anything.
Wow, I didn't know that it was in relation to the sun. I knew that the bees communicated the location of a flower patch through dancing, but I never knew it was in relation to the sun.
I thought that was really cool. I didn't know bees could dance. I thought it would have been really cool if they posted a video because I would have loved to see them.
This article was a really interesting one. I didn't know bees could do the "waggle dance". I agree with Ryan and Sinclaire that maybe their dances could be changed based on their feelings. They must be really smart to create like a dance language. Like almost everyone else said, it was kind of open-ended and didn't have an answer. I agree with Cami, having a video on this would have made this really, really cool. Oh well...
That is very interesting! I think it is cool how the bees use a little dance to communicate to each other. I think it is weird that gravity is interfering with the dance, since gravity is a natural force.
I always knew that bees had their "waggle" dance and I did know that they communicated by that because I saw this magic school bus episode when I was younger, but I never knew that they used a dance to tell where the food is. That is good point that Sinclaire made that there could possible be other facts that have why bees dance. This was a really interesting and informative article!
If bees need to know the location of the sun to make a correctly angled waggle dance, what would happen if they were enclosed in a place where they couldn't see the sun?
I didn't really think this article stated their answer, but I still learned interesting things. I never knew that the bees rapid movements and buzzing actually meant something, and like Sergio said, what would happen if they were locked in a room with no light? It would also be interesting to see if using different kind of lights would mess up the dance.
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