Question

Describe Round dance and explain about it.

Answer 1

Round dance is a term used to describe the communicative behaviour of a foraging honey bee (Apis mellifera), in which she moves on the comb in close circles, alternating right and then left. The round dance indicates that the forager has located a profitable food source close to the hive. When the food source is relatively far away (over 50 meters), the round dance transitions into the waggle dance.By performing the round dance, the forager communicates information pertaining to the food source's distance and direction from the hive to the follower bees. Elements of the round dance also provide information regarding the forager's subjective evaluation of the food source's profitability.