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Apr. 20th, 2008 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helen99The honeybee uses dance to communicate
It wiggles its back end while pointing in the direction of the food source with respect to the sun. For example, if a bee is shaking its body while pointing in the direction of the sun, that means "Fly straight toward the sun". If the dance is in a direction 45 degrees to the left of the direction of the sun, that means, "fly 45 degrees to the left of the sun."
However, every four minutes, the sun moves one degree westward. So does the honeybee dance. As the bees give directions, their dance moves one degree westward every minute.
It wiggles its back end while pointing in the direction of the food source with respect to the sun. For example, if a bee is shaking its body while pointing in the direction of the sun, that means "Fly straight toward the sun". If the dance is in a direction 45 degrees to the left of the direction of the sun, that means, "fly 45 degrees to the left of the sun."
However, every four minutes, the sun moves one degree westward. So does the honeybee dance. As the bees give directions, their dance moves one degree westward every minute.
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Date: 2008-04-22 12:37 am (UTC)