References

Introduction

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Sherman, G., and P.K. Visscher. 2002. Honeybee colonies achieve fitness through dancing. Nature. 419:920-922.  

Von Frisch, K. 1956. The Dancing Bees. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Von Frisch, K. 1967. The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Phylogony

Alcock, J. 2005. Animal Behvior: An Evolutionary Approach, Eighth Edition. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates.

Sarma, M.S., H. Esch, and J. Tautz. 2003. A comparison of the dance language in Apis mellifera carnica and Apis florea reveals striking similarities. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol, 190(1):49-53.

Ontogeny

Alcock, J. 2005. Animal Behvior: An Evolutionary Approach, Eighth Edition. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates.
Tautz, J. 2003. Behavioral performance in adult honey bees is influenced by the temperature experienced during their pupal development.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 100(1):7343-7.

Mechanism

Alcock, J. 2005. Animal Behvior: An Evolutionary Approach, Eighth Edition. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates.

Audriusa. Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bee_dance.png. Viewed November 1, 2006. Updated January 1, 2006.

De Marco, R., and R. Menzel. Encoding spatial information in the waggle dance.  2005. J Exp Biol. 208(Pt 20):3885-94.

Tautz, J. 2003. Behavioral performance in adult honey bees is influenced by the temperature experienced during their pupal development.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 100(1):7343-7.

Adaptive Value

Alcock, J. 2005. Animal Behvior: An Evolutionary Approach, Eighth Edition. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates.

Sherman, G., and P.K. Visscher. 2002. Honeybee colonies achieve fitness through dancing. Nature. 419:920-922.  

Von Frisch, K. 1967. The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.