Why do honey bees dance?

By Anna R. Dornhaus, Lars Chittka. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2004

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Recruitment communication in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) (2004, background): “…returning from a rich nectar source (Wagner, 1907; Brian, 1954; Jacobs-Jessen, 1959), and recent studies show that this behavior results in an increase in foraging activity at non-specific locations (Chittka and Dornhaus, 1999; Dornhaus and Chittka, 1999, 2001, 2004; Dornhaus and Cameron, 2003).”
Adaptation, Genetic Drift, Pleiotropy, and History in the Evolution of Bee Foraging Behavior (2006, methodology): “We found no difference in the foraging capability of hives with vertical combs (the natural comb orientation) compared to hives with horizontal combs in which bees could perform oriented dances (i.e., the window atop the hive was uncovered: Dornhaus and Chittka, 2004).”
Comparing foraging behaviour of small and large honey‐bee colonies by decoding waggle dances made by foragers (2004, unknown): “However, under many conditions the availability of forage may be sufficiently high for colonies with zero communication of food sources to forage efficiently (Sherman & Visscher 2002; Dornhaus & Chittka 2004).”
Chance and adaptation in the evolution of island bumblebee behaviour (2004, background): “We propose that such a population biological approach might provide key insights to the relative importance of adaptation, genetic drift and history in shaping behavioural traits (Chittka et al. 2001; Dornhaus and Chittka 2004).”
Foraging in honeybees—when does it pay to dance? (2008, background): “…the honeybee’s dance communication evolved as an adap- tation to boom and bust foraging conditions typical of the tropics (Sherman and Visscher 2002; Dornhaus and Chittka 2004; Dornhaus et al. 2006), it seems more likely that it is competition for food sources that has driven the evolution of…”
Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.) (2004, unknown): “Another factor may be more crucial for the evolution of location communication: spatial resource distribution (Visscher and Seeley, 1982; Hölldobler and Wilson, 1990; Sherman and Visscher, 2002; Dornhaus and Chittka, 2004).”
Benefits of recruitment in honey bees: effects of ecology and colony size in an individual-based model (2006, methodology): “Two recent studies have supported the argument that benefits may be dependent on ecology: in honey bees, benefits of communicating food locations were found to vary greatly between seasons (Sherman and Visscher, 2002) and between habitats ( Dornhaus and Chittka, 2004b ).”
Differences of floral resource use between honey bees and wild bees in an intensive farming system (2013, background): “Honey bees may show a strong preference for ass-flowering crops because they need to store large amounts f food to sustain colony development, and have evolved social nd behavioural adaptations to optimize foraging efficiency in that espect (Dyer, 2002; Dornhaus and Chittka, 2004).”
The use of waggle dance information by honey bees throughout their foraging careers (2005, background): “2005) and that the waggle dance contributes to the foraging success of a honey bee colony when food sources are patchy and ephemeral (Sherman and Visscher 2002; Dornhaus and Chittka 2004).”