Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows
Joint Authors
Radloff, S. E.
Duangphakdee, O.
Pirk, C. W. W.
Hepburn, H. R.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-08-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Because the waggle dances of honeybees contain celestial components, modifications of the dances occur with changing celestial moves relative to a honeybee nest.
Since the direction of a particular resource is static, the dances must alter to compensate for the sun's passage.
The position of the sun is seasonal between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn so that turns at the end of waggle runs will vary with season and latitude.
The bees are confronted with a new difficulty when the sun closely approaches its zenith because only slight errors in the bees' estimation of the relative positions of the sun and zenith generate very large errors.
So, the sun compass loses its usefulness when at its zenith.
We review experiments and observations on both foraging and absconding in relation to the azimuth.
The honeybees' solution for the paradox of the azimuth includes an azimuthal lull, preferences, and time windows.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Duangphakdee, O.& Radloff, S. E.& Pirk, C. W. W.& Hepburn, H. R.. 2011. Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows. Psyche،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Duangphakdee, O.…[et al.]. Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows. Psyche No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Duangphakdee, O.& Radloff, S. E.& Pirk, C. W. W.& Hepburn, H. R.. Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows. Psyche. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463136
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-463136