The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees

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The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees is Karl von Frisch’s landmark scientific work that explains how honeybees communicate the location of food sources through complex waggle dances and spatial orientation.

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instanceOf scientific book
author Karl von Frisch NERFINISHED
citedAs classic work in animal behavior
contributedTo foundations of ethology
understanding of symbolic communication in animals
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
describes communication of food source location
dance language of bees
round dance of bees
spatial orientation of bees
waggle dance of bees
explains how bees encode direction in dances
how bees encode distance in dances
recruitment of forager bees
role of gravity in bee dances
use of polarized light by bees
use of sun compass by bees
field animal communication
behavioral biology
entomology
ethology
focusesOn Apis mellifera NERFINISHED
hasEnglishTitle The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees NERFINISHED
hasFigureType diagrams of bee dances
experimental apparatus illustrations
hasPart analysis of dance patterns
discussion of sensory physiology of bees
experimental studies on bee navigation
influenced research on animal navigation
research on insect communication
language German
mainSubject animal orientation
ethology
honeybee communication
waggle dance
notableFor detailed quantitative analysis of bee dances
experimental proof of symbolic communication in bees
originalTitle Die Tanzsprache und Orientierung der Bienen NERFINISHED
pageCountApprox 566
publicationYear 1967
publisher Harvard University Press NERFINISHED
relatedTo Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1973 NERFINISHED
targetAudience advanced students of biology
scientists
timePeriodDescribed 20th century bee research

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