In class we are doing this extra credit project and I want to get an A, so I need some help... Does anyone know how bees know how to et back to their hive and back to their family after they are done with pollenating flowers. And please look this up and be sure so I don't make a fool of myself and don;t say you don't know.
2007-04-11 14:36:06 · 9 answers · asked by Cassidy(: 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
the best way of not making a fool of yourself and getting an A is actually doing the work, reading it up and understanding it. How else are you being able to evaluate if the information you've been given is correct? A good paper also cites it's sources and "some dude on yahoo answer" is not going to come over as smart.
There are plenty of books and articles about it at about any level as it is something which has been and still is investigated thoroughly. It is very easy to find a book, if you have problems go to the information desk of your local library. If you want to go beyond basics, google scholar can give you a start.
2007-04-12 02:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by convictedidiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will make this short and sweet. Bees do a dance so that others in the hive no where to go and find deposites of nectar, sugars etc. When the bees leave out and go to get the honey pollen etc they navigate by the instructions(dance) given to them by the others and by using the sun to navigate. They then find their way back to the hive using the sun. Have you ever seen honey bees flying on a completely cloudy day. NO!!! That is why, they would get lost. Now do some more research to get the longer answers.
2007-04-11 21:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by RobertB 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
i do not have to look this up, its there nature, they use the sun like a gps device, very seldom does this let them down. if you was to mave a hive off bees during the day to a new location at least a 1/2 mile from there current location then the ones that were gone from the hive would be lost and die. move them at night when they are in the hive and when they leave in the mornin they check the surrondings,(trees, houses , the sun, and everything the can see) to get the return map in there head. they are very smart despite there size
2007-04-11 21:43:22 · answer #3 · answered by outg426 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
for a long time people have seen animals retern home to the same spot eg penguins, homming pigens, turtles
and they knew about special nerves containing iron in the noses of each animal which somehow worked as a compass
only a few months ago they did research and realized the nerves were aranged in a 3D patern allowing animals to know not only north, west, east,south, but another demension of up and down ect
so i would asume bees have these nerves in their nose giving theem a compass to find their way back
2007-04-11 21:51:16 · answer #4 · answered by BillyG2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the first answer is correct.
I do know when a bee find a new source of food, it go back to the hive and do a dance that show the others where to fly to find the source.
"Workers cooperate to find food and use a pattern of "dancing" to communicate with each other; this dance varies from species to species, but all living species of Apis exhibit some form of the behavior".
2007-04-11 21:42:05 · answer #5 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Polarization; somewhat as the answer above. Go here.
http://www.polarization.com/bees/bees.html
PS Cut me off. html is the end
2007-04-11 21:46:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
incredible homing instinct up to eight miles away.
2007-04-11 21:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by Princess of Nascar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pheromones and I think it has something to do with magnetic north but pheromones for sure
2007-04-11 21:42:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
pheromones,I was just naming one.There are other methods.
2007-04-11 21:38:48 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋