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goinyourhole
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Project Question: how does bees communicate with each other where food is?
Project Due Date: april 1, 2010
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How does bees communicate

Post by goinyourhole »

Uh.....they do sum kinda dance, but i ned more INFO. im DOING a RESEARCH PROJECT<<<<i need to include how they tell where the food is>>>>
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Re: How does bees tell each other the food location?

Post by deleted-71417 »

Hi,

Here a few resources on bee dances that convey the location of food sources:

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medi ... ecture.pdf

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/entomology/api ... s/1.11.pdf

http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/MES/n ... ote22.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... dance.html

http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/ic/dance/dance.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7ijI-g4jHg

I hope this answers the question. Have fun with the subject!!!

Best regards,


Barrett L Tomlinson
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