Bees and Math

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3 min read · 29 Aug 2021 · 23 · 4 · 14

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ellesvandenbroek

3 years ago

Love this story! I'm working on a blog like this!

Diana Lima

3 years ago

@ellesvandenbroek I was offline until now. I will read it! 😋

ellesvandenbroek

3 years ago

Look, this is my nature and Math story! https://y.is/EcHBQ

Wiskunde in de Natuur - Fibonacci - reeks

Diana Lima

3 years ago

@ellesvandenbroek waiting for English translation to be available and I will read it with great interest! I already saw "Fibonacci" and my curiosity was captured.

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marijke

3 years ago

unfortunately i can't read the text but it's beautiful pictures!!

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Diana Lima

3 years ago

@marijke Sorry.. is the English translation not available? Thank you so much for your like! (This comment has been translated by deepl)

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Diana Lima

3 years ago

@marijke — Translated with Part ❤... Show more @marijke — Translated with Part ❤️⭐
It will surprise you (at least when I saw a documentary about this) that honeybees integrate mathematics into their daily lives.. This does not mean that older bees teach young bees math (like 2+2).=4); er zijn natuurlijke gedragingen en patronen in deze verbazingwekkende insecten die erop lijken te wijzen dat er een bepaalde logica is, een wiskundige logica volgens sommige onderzoekers, in alles wat ze doen. And apparently this mathematical education is passed through the genetic codes of the honeybees..

Everyone remembers the characteristic hexagonal shape of the cells in the hive.. But did you know that the hexagon has the smallest circumference at a given area?? It is larger than the square or triangle, holding more honey for the same amount of material.. That means less wax and less work to enclose space than if they would choose a different shape.. And more honey. Efficiency Definition.
Smart little workers, right??

Honey bees also perform exploratory orientation flights before foraging, to familiarize yourself with the terrain. Scientists have identified two types of orientation flights: short and long-distance orientation flights.

The purpose of short-haul flights seems to be to know the specifics of the hive's immediate surroundings.. According to the researchers, bees use this type of flight more often when weather conditions are unfavorable; they take them no further than 30 m from the hive and have no clear direction..
During the consecutive orientation flights, bees build their knowledge of the area further, and during the longer flights, they may go to a sector of the terrain that has not been explored before..
Interesting to note is that honeybees remember their flights.. When they discover a source of food during their exploration, the bees make a small “dance” on their return to the hive, moving back and forth and in circles..
A group of specialists have carefully studied these “dances” and have come to the conclusion that the movements are not just a funny dance, and that they are by no means random, but that the bee actually tells the others that he has found a food source and where it is located.. These dances, or movements, seem to translate into mathematical figures (flight time, and geographical coordinates), which accurately indicate where the area is to be found.
Would you have guessed, this? What's that like for a little bee, eh??

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Encaustichris

3 years ago

Honeybees are very clever, special animals!

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Bees and Math

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