Question

If the food source is in the direction of sun and distance is about 90 meters from hive, then the honey bee will convey the direction by
A. Clockwise round dance
B. Upright down tail wagging dance
C. Anticlockwise round dance
D. Opposite to 2 option

Answer 1

Hint: Honey bees have evolved a multifaceted system to maintain the colony. They communicate continuously inside and outside of the nest. And one of the specific communication behaviors is the dance.

Complete Answer:
- Waggle dance is the term which is used in beekeeping and ethology for a particular figure – eight dances of the honey bee. Through the performance of this dance, successful foragers can share information about the direction and distance to patches of flowers providing nectar and pollen, to water sources and also to the new nest site location with the other members in the colony.
- These are the round dance and are two forms of dance behavior that are the part of continuous transition. As the distance increases the dance form also changes.
- Honey bees build up an electric charge during flying and when their body parts are moved or rubbed together. They emit constant modulated electric fields during the waggle dance. High and low frequency components are emitted during this.
- This is the kind of dance which is performed by honey bees to share the information of food sources which is located at a distance in the range of 50-100 kilometers.
- These types of dance generally depend upon the angle of the sun with the food source. And the honey bees make different waggle movements according to the location of the food and its angle with the sun. If the food source is situated in the direction of the sun the honey bee will waggle in a vertical direction in such a way that it will move opposite to upright down waggle movement.

So the correct answer for this question is option D, opposite to the 2 option.

Note: The dancer’s body point in the waggle dance is the direction of the food source and the sound which is produced during the dance implies the productivity of the food.