The collective discussions demonstrate strong interest and engagement, with examples like users praising the beauty and complexity of bee communication and referencing recent scientific findings. The tone is enthusiastic and appreciative, often framing the research as fascinating or culturally significant, which reflects a high level of curiosity and perceived importance.
AgreementModerate agreement
Most discussions support the idea that social learning plays a key role in bees' waggle dance, with some posts emphasizing its importance and gradual learning process.
InterestHigh interest
The topic sparks high curiosity, as reflected by comments highlighting the dance's complexity, beauty, and scientific significance.
EngagementHigh engagement
Numerous posts reference specific studies, share personal observations, or comment on the mechanisms, indicating deep engagement.
ImpactModerate impact
While the discussions recognize scientific advances, the overall perceived change in understanding or practical impact appears moderate, rather than transformative.
Abstract in brief
Honey bees use a complex waggle dance to communicate the location, distance, and quality of food sources to their hive mates.
The study shows that bees need social learning by following other dancers to perform accurate waggle dances, with those unable to follow others making more errors.
While some dance errors improve with experience, the ability to encode the distance correctly appears to be learned early and remains fixed, highlighting the importance of social learning in shaping bee communication.]
Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestmates to the location of a food source is in part learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. https://t.co/AZikPycwxo #InternationalDanceDay https://t.co/tZEOTzF0bI
Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestmates to the location of a food source is in part learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. Learn more: https://t.co/qEbsVrpAd1 #WorldBeeDay https://t.co/OBXIpxPKMo
May 20, 2024 · 274 likes · 88 shares · 4,549,693 followersView post →
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Science Magazine
@ScienceMagazine · X
Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestmates to the location of a food source is in part learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. https://t.co/gihriqwOG9 #NationalPollinatorsMonth https://t.co/srWQiCeQnP
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Zong-Xin Ren
@renzongxin · X
Science cover story from scientists in Kunming. The cover story of the last issue on grape is also from Kunming! @LChittka @OzBeeUVBG @JeffOllerton
Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees https://t.co/BqVQgN5dQS
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Peter Godfrey-Smith
@pgodfreysmith · X
I'd missed this one, from early last year --
https://t.co/yy6AF4yFQ9
Pretty striking.
(It's not the first finding of social learning in bees - https://t.co/FYfNR8EpGe) https://t.co/fNfInVnqAy
Jan 8, 2024 · 14 likes · 3 shares · 9,177 followersView post →
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Kevin Mitchell
@WiringTheBrain · X
Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees https://t.co/XnVzHFNR7n - young bees have to have watched proficient wagglers to learn how to accurately waggle dance themselves
Mar 10, 2023 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 40,517 followersView post →
Honey bees use a complex waggle dance to communicate food source information. The study shows that social learning from experienced bees is crucial for accurate dancing, with some errors persisting despite practice…
Bumblebees can learn to open puzzle boxes by observing others, indicating social learning capabilities previously thought limited to primates and birds. This suggests potential for culture-like behaviors in insects.
@DJWebbMath @littmath AI is certainly incapable of observing an older bee doing a good waggle dance and improving its own waggle dance in real time. Yet young bees are easily capable of this: https://t.co/MRPdTl1bxD The details of the waggle dance are not instinctual (bees also learn new "dialects.")
Samson finds bee songs charming and I—nerd that I am—am reminded of bee waggle dance, which is SUCH a fascinating mode of communication
https://t.co/EUQTPv9D0R
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic.bsky.social · Bluesky
Fun fact: bees collect electric charge during flight which they can use as a way to communicate where food is by shaking their booty, in a ritual known as the waggle dance
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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X
Fun fact: bees collect electric charge during flight which they can use as a way to communicate where food is by shaking their booty, in a ritual known as the waggle dance
https://t.co/v7xjyjMkxj
https://t.co/itjeW1FE79
https://t.co/QvJyX7P2CU https://t.co/4BaCoJylRE
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Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestmates to the location of a food source is in part learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. https://t.co/DuFwsOP2hy #NationalPollinatorsMonth https://t.co/v1rvicKD05
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Science Magazine
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Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestmates to the location of a food source is in part learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. https://t.co/gihriqwOG9 #NationalPollinatorsMonth https://t.co/srWQiCeQnP
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A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
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A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
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Michele Santoni
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A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
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A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
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A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
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A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
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A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
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Science Magazine
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Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestmates to the location of a food source is in part learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. Learn more: https://t.co/qEbsVrpAd1 #WorldBeeDay https://t.co/OBXIpxPKMo
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Natalia Terpan
@NataliaTerpan · X
RT @ScienceMagazine: Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestma…
Young bees need to watch.
A 2023 Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestmates to the location of a food source is in part learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. https://t.co/AZikPycwxo #InternationalDanceDay https://t.co/tZEOTzF0bI
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Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees | Science
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@LChittka Maybe because they are trained on human behavior rather on theirs? Eg if they had to dance than to pull a string wouldn't it be easier?
https://t.co/b71Gw6Euso
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I'd missed this one, from early last year --
https://t.co/yy6AF4yFQ9
Pretty striking.
(It's not the first finding of social learning in bees - https://t.co/FYfNR8EpGe) https://t.co/fNfInVnqAy
Jan 8, 2024 · 14 likes · 3 shares · 9,177 followersView post →
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Marc Artiga
@mrcartiga · X
RT @pgodfreysmith: I'd missed this one, earlier this year --
https://t.co/yy6AF4zdFH
Pretty striking.
(It's not the first finding of socia…
I'd missed this one, earlier this year --
https://t.co/yy6AF4zdFH
Pretty striking.
(It's not the first finding of social learning in bees - https://t.co/FYfNR8EXvM) https://t.co/24k3iXg8fH
Jan 8, 2024 · 9 likes · 1 share · 9,177 followersView post →
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A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nest…
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A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nest…
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A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nest…
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A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nest…
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A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nest…
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A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nest…
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A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nest…
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A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nest…
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UCSD BioSciences
@ucsdbiosciences · X
Honey bees perfect waggle dances by learning from elders. Learn more about this fascinating research led by BioSci Professor James Nieh's lab in this @ScienceMagazine video...
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@bee_papers · X
Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees https://t.co/sCoKdyFQwG
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La fameuse danse des abeilles, par laquelle une exploratrice indique à ses congénères une source de nourriture, n’est pas un comportement inné mais partiellement acquis socialement. | Le Monde https://t.co/YWOt2Fi2Cm
Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees
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Adrián Candelas
@adriancandelas · X
Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees | Dong et al.
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@alexandersclark · X
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Kevin Mitchell
@WiringTheBrain · X
Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees https://t.co/XnVzHFNR7n - young bees have to have watched proficient wagglers to learn how to accurately waggle dance themselves
Mar 10, 2023 · 11 likes · 3 shares · 40,517 followersView post →
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@Chomicki_G · X
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I did beekeeping for 10yrs and watched fascinated many waggle dancers, but this is even more fascinating, pure beauty of Nature
Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees https://t.co/rZhxS4pQRq
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Zong-Xin Ren
@renzongxin · X
Science cover story from scientists in Kunming. The cover story of the last issue on grape is also from Kunming! @LChittka @OzBeeUVBG @JeffOllerton
Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees https://t.co/BqVQgN5dQS
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remarkable example of how honeybees communicate and share information within their colony. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1702. Q.26 ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science. ade1702 University of California University of California - San Diego #bees #dance · James Nieh. Mar 9, 2023
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