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Posted: Thu 3:05, 01 Aug 2013 Post subject: whose role in the waggle dance is unknown |
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to communicate with the real bees about a new food source. The singularity is near! (For bees.)The waggle dance follows something like a figure-eight pattern. The middle part of the eight (called the waggle run) is oriented relative to gravity at the same angle the bees should fly relative to the sun in order to get to the food. The speed of the dance is thought to communicate the distance. It's basic geometry: Once the bees know the angle to fly and the distance, they can find the food.But it's turned out to not be so simple. So far,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the dancing robotic bee has not been able to successfully communicate the location of a new food source,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], according to a new paper in PLoS ONE. The scientists list a couple of possible reasons: For starters,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the robot can't seem to get enough other bees to pay attention to its dance for long enough,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], perhaps because of a lack of buzzing wings (whose role in the waggle dance is unknown),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], sufficient body heat,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or legs for creating vibrations in the honey comb. It's also possible that
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