What I Like About You. . .

You really know how to DANCE!

The Wonderful World of Bees

For more information, please contact Meg Eckles (meg.eckles@gmail.com). This presentation was made possible, in

part by funds from the NSF Socrates Fellows Program. Her research was partly supported by funds from NSF IBN 0545856

So. . . what do you know??

Who’s who in the hive?

WorkerQueen Male

‘Drone’

Pollen

HoneyDrone Cell

Larvae

Bee vision is sensitive to color and symmetry

Types of Symmetry?

Radial

Types of Symmetry?

Bilateral

DIRECTION

DISTANCE

QUALITY

Now You Tell Me:

What Flowers Do Honey Bees Prefer?

(Alas, now you actually have to work.)

Dice Rules:• If you roll. . .

– One 1 = 1 visit to Yellow– Two 2’s = 1 visit to Blue– Three 3’s = 1 visit to Green– Five 4’s = 1 visit to Red– One 5 = 1 visit to Purple– Five 6’s = 1 visit to White

Dice Rules:• If you roll. . .

– One 1 = 1 visit to Square– Two 2’s = 1 visit to Circle– Three 3’s = 1 visit to Triangle– Five 4’s = 1 visit to Star– One 5 = 1 visit to 6 Pointed Star– Five 6’s = 1 visit to No shape

Melipona panamica