Author/Editor		Božič, Janko; Abramson, Charles I
Title		Following and attending - two distinct behavior patterns of honeybees in a position to collect the dance information
Type		članek
Source		Mellifera
Vol. and No.		Letnik 3, št. 6
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 48-55
Language		eng
Abstract		Summary: The paper further explores the tactile theorv of dance communication. Waggle dances and the behavior patterns of bees near the dancer were videotaped. The subsequent recordings were analyzed during slow motion playback and frame by frame. Video analysis showed that some bees performed various behaviors near the dancer and other bees .specifically interacted with the dancer. Behavior transitions between 11 different events were recorded and analyzed. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated for 34 pairs of observed behavioral events out of SS possible combinations. Factor analysis based on correlation coefficients revealed 4 major factors, which can be ranked in hierarchical order: (1) patrolling => (2) attending => (3) outer following => (4) inner following. Only bees that performed inner or outer following were able to maintain close contact with the dancer during the entire dance cycle including waggle and return run. Out of 81 bees in the dancers' vicinity, 44 were inner and 17 were outer followers. This paper contributes to the growing literature on the reevaluation of tactile communication, and further supports our previous work that follower bees must be distinguished from attending bees.
Descriptors		BEES BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL ANIMAL COMMUNICATION VIDEO RECORDING