Question

A scout bee, finding a new food source, communicates its location to other bees and
A. Cannot communicate the direction of food source.
B. Can communicate the direction of the food source by round dance.
C. Can communicate direction of food source by tail- wagging dance.
D. Can communicate the direction of food source by rapid dance.

Answer 1

Hint: Scout bees (honey bees) are female bees that communicate through odor and movement to communicate the presence and location of food as they fly in the colony to locate nectar and pollen grains.

Step by step answer:It is a well-known fact that scout bees can communicate the direction and location of food by odor and dance movement. They do a tail waggle dance to locate the food source to direct the other worker bees in the colony if the source is located at a distance. The round dance is a variation of waggle dance and it allows the bees to direct the food located at a small distance. However, it doesn’t allow the communication of distance of the food source. Scout bees communicate among the colony for the location of food and can also communicate the direction of a food source.
Hence, the correct answers are option (B) and (C).
Note: The honey bee moves straight in the direction of food relative to the sun and performs a waggle dance by shaking its abdomen, creating a buzzing sound. The dance is a pattern of eight and the others follow these directions. While on the other hand, round dance is a series of narrow circular movements which allow the fellow bees to locate the food in a nearby area. Another variant of a waggle dance is a sickle dance with crescent-shaped patterns.