AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When a worker discovers a good source of nectar or pollen (note the pollen spores dusting this bee’s back), she will return to the hive to perform a waggle dance to let her nest mates know where it lies. A bee performs the waggle dance when she wants to inform other bees of a nectar source she has found.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bees communicate flower location using special dances inside the hive. One bee dances, while other bees watch to learn the directions to a specific flower patch. The dancing bee smells like the flower patch, and also gives the watching bees a taste of the nectar she gathered.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bees use pheromones all the time. The queen, the drones, the workers and even the wax combs (yes, the wax combs) are in constant communication through pheromones.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bees communicate continuously, inside and outside the nest. One specific communication behavior is the bee dance, which serves to recruit nest mates to flowers, water, or new nesting sites.

Detailed explanation-5: -Honey bees (Apis sp.) are the only known bee genus that uses nest-based communication to provide nest-mates with information about the location of resources, the so-called “dance language.” Successful foragers perform waggle dances for high quality food sources and, when swarming, suitable nest-sites.