Page 89 - The Miracle of the Honeybee

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When bees return from a
food source, they dance on
the comb. To the side can be
seen a bee performing the
dance when the food source
is nearby. The bee makes two
semi-circular lines, then re-
turns to the starting point.

The drawing above shows with wavy lines the figure-eight dance bees perform to
provide information about the distance of the food source.

meters of the hive, they perform “transition” dances for sources from 25 to
100 meters (80 to 330 feet) away. They use the “waggle” dance, what’s also
known as the “figure-eight dance,” to notify other bees of the distance, di-
rection and quality of food sources further than 100 meters (330 feet) from
their hive.
When the bees return to the hive from the food source, they perform
this dance on top of the honeycombs. As the workers take their steps, they
also shake their abdomens. The form of this characteristic movement
closely resembles a figure-eight. In a typical dance, the bee moves in a
straight line for a short distance, moving its body from side to side ap-

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