Dancing with the stars?
No! Bees dance with the sun, but only if it is made of bright UV or green light 🐝🌞🕺
New research by @jjfosterlab.bsky.social 👇👇
Visual Insect Neuroethology Group
Do bright lights change how you dance? 🔆💃
Waggle-dancing honeybees interpret bright UV & green as the sun, but dim UV as a patch of sky.
Thanks Keram Pfeiffer @uni-wuerzburg.de for trusting me with your data & @jgraving.bsky.social for the circular GLMM.
doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Foraging honeybees rely on a celestial compass to navigate to and from the hive, using the sun’s position as an orientation reference. When the sun is hidden from view,bees can determine its azi...
