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Communication in Bees
I promised the audiences of this talk a list of videos they could look at again:
Grooming:
Dorso-ventral abdominal vibration signal:
Heater bees (the long version):
Waggle dance:
The Tom Seeley swarming videos:
http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/series/5/
The Stop signal:
Waving in Apis dorsata to repel predators:
Waving to synchronise attack on Giant hornet in Apis cerana:
Virgin queen piping:
Enjoy!
Gavin
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Last night I forgot to return to the first video and ask the good folk of Ayrshire what they could now see in that first video. Any takers? We discussed the begging for grooming (sideways flicking) and the response of the groomer (grooming!), but not other interactions in the video.
Next stop Kilbarchan - but I can't remember when!
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I'd better not look then. Don't want to spoil the surprise . The talk is on the 2nd Tuesday in March. Looking forward to it.
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I have looked at a few of them so far but noticed one surprising comment on the heater bee video. It was stated that scouts live up to 10 times longer than foragers. Has anyone else ever heard that one before? Is there a grain of truth in it?
Rosie
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(close your eyes Ems)
That is the one thing in there that I'm not sure about either. They were advised by Jurgen Tautz' lab, so you'd expect it to be correct, but it does seem an incredible claim.
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You'll need to practice that smile for the camera without crossing your arms!
G.
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Just thought that I should post the waggle dance video I used last night, in case anyone comes here for revision. It is clearer than the earlier one.
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The 2013-2014 lecture season is underway and the happy folk of Dunblane and Stirling witnessed the Communication talk last night. If only I'd remembered to turn a camera on the audience. You'll find links to the videos at the top of the thread - but unfortunately the SciFri site no longer host the Tom Seeley videos.
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