THEY DANCE AND MAY EVEN DREAM :SIX FASCINATING THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT HONEYBEES.

Honeybees don’t mean to sacrifice themselves. Like the pain inflicted by a bee sting, most of us are familiar with the “fact” that they sacrifice themselves when protecting their hive, dying after they sting. The truth is, honeybees aren’t that selfless. Their stingers developed millions of years ago — long before mammals evolved — as an effective weapon … More THEY DANCE AND MAY EVEN DREAM :SIX FASCINATING THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT HONEYBEES.

Honeybee dance dialects.

After more than 70 years, a great mystery of zoology has been solved: Honeybees actually use different dance dialects in their waggle dance. Which dialect has developed during evolution is related to the radius of action in which they collect food around the hive. This is reported by research teams from the Bio-center of Julius-Maximilians-Universität … More Honeybee dance dialects.