Waggle waggle waggle waggle yeah

January 17, 2012 2:02 PM

The Waggle Dance of the Honeybee (7:29, YouTube) is a short documentary that elaborates upon Karl von Frisch's honeybee waggle dance translation.
posted by filthy light thief (10 comments total)

Insecty and they know it!
posted by The otter lady at 2:04 PM on January 17, 2012

Anything about beesdancing and translation immediately brings to mind MST3K's take on the subject.
posted by hippybear at 3:49 PM on January 17, 2012

I'm awed by the patience and skill it must take to put a li'l dots of paint on individual bees.
posted by meese at 6:10 PM on January 17, 2012

This makes me wish my bees weren't in their winter cluster, so I could sit and watch 'em.
posted by sonascope at 7:36 PM on January 17, 2012

As a power wheelchair user, I often liken the waggly dancing I do at parties to bee dances anyway, so now I know how to include information on where to find the refreshments.
posted by Soliloquy at 8:42 PM on January 17, 2012 [2 favorites]

This is great. Thanks!
posted by kdar at 10:45 PM on January 17, 2012

I'm awed by the patience and skill it must take to put a li'l dots of paint on individual bees.

meese: refrigeration until immobile, magnifying light, done.
posted by IAmBroom at 10:15 AM on January 18, 2012

Guarding and Robbing Behavior in Social Insects
posted by homunculus at 11:14 AM on January 18, 2012

Is Your Garden Pesticide Killing Bees?
posted by homunculus at 11:16 AM on January 18, 2012

meese: refrigeration until immobile, magnifying light, done.

That's absolutely NOT how it's shown being done in the video...
posted by hippybear at 7:06 PM on January 18, 2012