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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

cation of the flower source to the other bees. This dance, repeated
many times by the bee, includes information about the direction,
distance and other details to enable the other bees to reach the
target. This dance of the bee is actually performed by drawing
figure of 8 in the air. The bee forms the middle part of the eight
by shaking its tail and making zig-zags. The angle between the
zig-zags and the line between the Sun and the hive, gives the
exact direction of the food source.
However, knowing only the direction of the food source is
not enough. Worker bees should also possess information re-
garding the distance of the hive from the source before going
there. So, the bee returning from the flower source shakes its
body several times to tell the distance. For example, in order to
express a distance of 250 meters, it shakes the bottom part of its
body 5 times in half a minute. In this way, the exact is defined in
terms of both distance and angle.
If the journey from the hive to the source is taking a long
time, a new problem arises for the bee. The Sun moves 1 degree
every four minutes. Eventually, while describing the location of
the food source, the bee will possibly make an error of one de-
gree for each four minutes he spends on his way back to the hive.
Yet, the bee does not actually have any problem at all! The
bee's eye is formed of many small hexagonal lenses. Each lens fo-
cuses on a narrow area just like a telescope. When the bee flies to-
wards the sun during the day, it can find its exact position all the
time. Scientists say that the bee does this by judging the time of
day by the brightness of the Sun. It accordingly modifies its di-
rections to the other bees so that there is no margin of error.

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