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英国科学家赖利等人研发了一种能粘在蜜蜂背上的微型雷达跟踪系统,并用它追踪了蜜蜂的整个采蜜过程。他们发现蜜蜂确实能够读懂舞蹈中所包含的编码信息,而且在飞向目标的过程中也不会受风向变化的影响。该发现打消了科学界长久以来关于蜜蜂舞蹈语言的争议。蜜蜂是人类最喜爱的昆虫之一,人们常常为它的勤劳感叹不已。奥地利生物学家弗里施自1915年开始对蜜蜂进行了50多年的试验研究,认为蜜蜂之所以能够有条不紊、迅速而敏捷地采到花蜜是因为它可通过舞蹈语言相互交流。蜜蜂可以用舞蹈方式指示它的同伴食源的质量、距离和方位。
British scientist Riley et al. Developed a miniature radar tracking system that can be glued to the back of a bee and used it to track the entire honey harvest process. They found that the bees do indeed read the coded information contained in the dance and are not affected by changes in wind direction as they fly to their target. The discovery dispelled the scientific community’s longstanding dispute over bee dance language. Bees are one of human beings’ favorite insects, people often sigh for it’s hard work. Austrian biologist Fritsch has been conducting experimental research on bees for more than 50 years since 1915, believing that bees are able to methodically, rapidly and promptly harvest nectar because they can communicate with each other through dance language. The bee can use dance to indicate the quality, distance and orientation of its companion food source.