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Albert Cardona<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@futurebird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>futurebird</span></a></span> Bees can read each other by touch: the waggle dance happens in pitch darkness inside the hive, with other bees reading out the dancer's moves with their antennae:</p><p>"Dynamic antennal positioning allows honeybee followers to decode the dance"<br>Anna Hadjitofi and Barbara Webb, 2024<br><a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00220-3?uuid=uuid%3A829297f7-992a-43b3-b614-be0e1dcc1701" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(24)00220-3?uuid=uuid%3A829297f7-992a-43b3-b614-be0e1dcc1701</span></a></p><p>Surely ants can too.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/honeybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>honeybees</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/WaggleDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaggleDance</span></a></p>
Albert Cardona<p>From Thomas Seeley's "Honeybee democracy" <a href="https://archive.org/details/honeybeedemocrac0000seel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/honeybeede</span><span class="invisible">mocrac0000seel</span></a> (can be borrowed for free online at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@scholar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scholar</span></a></span> ) with stories about his lab and early PhD work studying how bee scouts communicate and a swarm decides to move to a new home, including summaries from earlier, pioneering work by Martin Lindauer, to now Anna Hadjitofi and Barbara Webb <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224002203" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/pii/S0960982224002203</span></a> figuring out how a worker bee reads out the waggle dance from scouts and foragers. Quite the journey.</p><p>Nice write up by Shaena Montanari at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thetransmitter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thetransmitter</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.thetransmitter.org/neuroethology/dancing-in-the-dark-honeybees-use-antennae-to-decode-nestmates-waggles/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetransmitter.org/neuroetholo</span><span class="invisible">gy/dancing-in-the-dark-honeybees-use-antennae-to-decode-nestmates-waggles/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/honeybees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>honeybees</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/WaggleDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaggleDance</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
Albert Cardona<p>Decoding honeybees’ waggle dance:</p><p>“Dynamic antennal positioning allows honeybee followers to decode the dance”, by Anna Hadjitofi and Barbara Webb 2024.<br><a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)00220-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(24)00220-3</span></a></p><p>Couldn’t be any other way: the bees’ nest is pitch dark!</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/honeybee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>honeybee</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/WaggleDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaggleDance</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a></p>
The Apiarist<p>NEW POST<br>Hive inspections, receiver bees and the complexity and inherent errors of the waggle dance. Lots to think about as the nectar flow (finally) starts. <br><a href="https://theapiarist.org/dancing-in-the-dark/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theapiarist.org/dancing-in-the</span><span class="invisible">-dark/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beekeeping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/waggledance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waggledance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/localhoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localhoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Roger Schürch<p>Today, our (@freelyflyingbee@Twitter and mine) first PhD student Brad Ohlinger successfully defended his thesis. He worked on costs and gains in honey bee foraging, and how to use the waggle dance to study these. He has won multiple awards for his talks, so it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. We will miss him sorely, but we are also looking forward to read about his new adventures.</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/HoneyBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HoneyBees</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/WaggleDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaggleDance</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ForagingEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForagingEcology</span></a></p>
fx dechaume-moncharmont<p>Honeybees are far from being mere robots. Their waggle dance requires social learning. Complex behaviours are seldom entirely innate.</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AnimalBehaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalBehaviour</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/foraging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foraging</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SocialLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialLearning</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/cognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cognition</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ontogeny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ontogeny</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/WaggleDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaggleDance</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Honeybee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honeybee</span></a> </p><p>📄 Dong et al (2023) Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees. Science 379:1015–1018 <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1702" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.ade1702</span></a></p>
NeurophysicsLab Albrecht Haase<p>Current Science cover: Young <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> learn the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/waggledance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waggledance</span></a> from experienced "hivemates".<br><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1702" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.ade1702</span></a></p>
Phys.org<p>Referenced link: <a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-complex-social-behavior-bee-waggle.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-03-complex-</span><span class="invisible">social-behavior-bee-waggle.html</span></a><br>Discuss on <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-03-complex-social-behavior-bee-waggle.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/ne</span><span class="invisible">ws/2023-03-complex-social-behavior-bee-waggle.html</span></a></p><p>Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: <a href="http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1633905506514288643#m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_</span><span class="invisible">com/status/1633905506514288643#m</span></a></p><p>Complex learned social behavior discovered in bee's '<a href="https://social.platypush.tech/tags/waggledance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waggledance</span></a>' @ucsandiego @sciencemagazine <a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-complex-social-behavior-bee-waggle.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-03-complex-</span><span class="invisible">social-behavior-bee-waggle.html</span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p>Medford Tufts is bee-themed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a>. Like to see <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaggleDance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaggleDance</span></a> descriptions. Also liked the nearby caterpillar unofficial graffiti.</p><p>We sat on this train for a long time before it left. But it was warm, and not too full--maybe 70% of seats in use as we left.</p>