The Waggle Dance of the Honeybee

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13 жыл бұрын

How can honeybees communicate the locations of new food sources? Austrian biologist, Karl Von Frisch, devised an experiment to find out! By pairing the direction of the sun with the flow of gravity, honeybees are able to explain the distant locations of food by dancing. "The Waggle Dance of the Honeybee" details the design of Von Frisch's famous experiment and explains the precise grammar of the honeybees dance language with high quality visualizations.
This video is a design documentary, developed by scientists at Georgia Tech's College of Computing in order to better understand and share with others, the complex behaviors that can arise in social insects. Their goal at the Multi-Agent Robotics and Systems (MARS) Laboratory is to harness new computer vision techniques to accelerate biologists' research in animal behavior. This behavioral research is then used, in turn, to design better systems of autonomous robots.
For additional detail on the MARS lab at Georgia Tech, please visit www.bio-tracking.org/.

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@TomSFox 7 жыл бұрын

Even bees use the metric system.

@fawazalhoqail4846 7 жыл бұрын

I hope you're sarcastic.

@TomSFox 7 жыл бұрын

No, I’m not being sarcastic. I really do think the metric system is superior.

@ragmar6018 7 жыл бұрын

@TomSFox As presented in the film, the bees are using energy expenditure as a measure of distance. The speaker is using the metric system.

@TomSFox 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was a joke. Not sarcasm. Two different things.

@timtwiggy1233 5 жыл бұрын

TomSFox base 60 is factored to the circle metric does not factor in nature.

@Urubosrt 8 жыл бұрын

This video in a nutshell: "how could this bee?"

@audreyfernandes6287 3 жыл бұрын

UnBEElievable

@onieward 11 ай бұрын

oh, it bee!

@belalamelo6113 8 ай бұрын

Well, you just had to BEE there

@TheDLirios 8 жыл бұрын

Mind. Blown. Coursera's Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics course brought me here. From Universiteit Leiden. #HumanLang.

@Diamondraw4Real 6 жыл бұрын

TheDLirios cool

@supriyabedi197 5 жыл бұрын

me too

@helenfhnin 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 4 years late but same.

@susanharkins9347 4 жыл бұрын

I am taking the course right now! Amazing information.

@yifeiyang7083 4 жыл бұрын

Me too! I like this course so much

@andrewflynn6883 4 жыл бұрын

i unironically love bees, they actually make me so happy

@LilGhostlyX_X 3 жыл бұрын

Then him in the hive boys

@greg1030 2 жыл бұрын

Dancing's so cute. I also love to hear their buzzing while they dance, which you can hear here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arSkmMpytLfUg6c.html

@ccgatech 13 жыл бұрын

Note: New research suggests that honeybees actually measure distances by the amount of optical information encountered during a flight. The energy model presented in this video derives from earlier work by Karl Von Frisch, but now seems to be refuted by the optical flow model.

@charliebrownatemybro 3 жыл бұрын

Could you please give us an update?

@terrieanndiehl58 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing out the direction for me to follow the bees!

@mariajosebianchi5 8 жыл бұрын

Bees are now my favorites. WOW :) I'm here because of Coursera's Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics. Universiteit Leiden.

@qbNaith 8 жыл бұрын

+María José Bianchi Me too!

@amitraohuman 8 жыл бұрын

+qbNaith +María José Bianchi Me three :)

@milwizz 8 жыл бұрын

Same here! And wow! This is amazing!

@daps1812 8 жыл бұрын

mee too! haha

@xinqi1440 7 жыл бұрын

Same here! :)

@Durrpadil 7 жыл бұрын

Now that I know this... I can't help but think how ingenious and how adorable these little creatures are.

@hunterXhuruka 11 жыл бұрын

so cute and chubby... I remember studying about the "8" circles bees do in biology class, but I didn't know these actions contain such accurate information! Very clear and informative clip. Thank you.

@maksymkinasch4398 2 жыл бұрын

WOW! WOW! WOW! We you teach it not only to biologists, but to theologians and philosophers and people from other field of science! Amazing! Thank you! P.S. I never comment this way below an KZfaq video

@clems6belio 11 жыл бұрын

That was the subject of my philosophy class this morning, thank you for the illustration !

@andresacosta7645 9 жыл бұрын

the obssession of the human being to measure its sorrounding by gather meticuluosly information to detect inherent patterns is evident in the outcome of this research...Amazing!!!

@charlatanbaby 10 жыл бұрын

wow! and I have trouble finding the fridge sometimes. Amazin

@faro7100 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you find it one day

@hagensteele4447 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent! The visual aids make it very simple to understand exactly what those little ladies are doing. Well done.

@enginerdtrav 13 жыл бұрын

From a beekeeper who has tried to explain this 100 times - Thank You!

@ylonmc2 5 жыл бұрын

This shows what many men know intuitively for centuries: that all of nature and all animals are intelligent. The trouble is that it takes a lot of intelligence to spot intelligence different from ours. Von Frisch was undoubtedly a remarkable mind to point out that bees have language just like we do. Awesome little documentary as well.

@Kalificus 2 жыл бұрын

seems like more instinct than intelligence

@flynncremin6347 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kalificus which could be argued to be nature’s intelligence

@Dish.Washer 2 жыл бұрын

@@flynncremin6347 and nature's intelligence could be argued to be randomness in mutations leading to evolution

@galacticloveteam8813 Жыл бұрын

@@Dish.Washer There is nothing “random” about how bees navigate mathematical perfection to find food in accordance with the sun as their pivotal navigational tether point.

@Dish.Washer Жыл бұрын

@@galacticloveteam8813 The behavior is not random, I agree. But how thr behavior developed was random

@Unsabulous 11 жыл бұрын

this is so amazing :) I wish I wasn't so terrified of bees 'cause they are awesome

@bananian 9 жыл бұрын

Can I get bees to do my trig test for me?

@Crick1952 9 жыл бұрын

bananian Yeah, that's what I did! The typical going rate is about 200 calories worth of necter per question.

@emmarose4234 3 жыл бұрын

I hope we don’t go off in a *tangent!* 🥁

@brucesbees 2 жыл бұрын

Extremely cool! I saw this video for the first tike years ago and just watched it again. Very good information. So glad you created this video!

@jennifernolen9138 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! We used this in our homeschooling lesson for the day!

@melanienguyen4188 8 жыл бұрын

Pretty neat. Way more interesting then how the instructor introduced it in class. Thank you for the video! :)

@mrdeadman007 9 жыл бұрын

Well one can totally choreograph these dance moves by carefully placing food...

@elinguiuriel 9 жыл бұрын

coursera @LeidenMOOCs bought me here

@Crick1952 9 жыл бұрын

Pascal Uriel ELINGUI lol, me too

@carson6097 9 жыл бұрын

Pascal Uriel ELINGUI Me too!

@BackpackingDiplomacy 9 жыл бұрын

Pascal Uriel ELINGUI me 3. Very cool video!

@BrianLokker 8 жыл бұрын

+Pascal Uriel ELINGUI Same here -- very interesting!

@loofah5672 8 жыл бұрын

+Pascal Uriel ELINGUI me too!

@sherrybrittowinters5348 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. They are very precise in their designing of the cone. Perfect.

@kennethnielsen935 10 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't know why I like this so much..

@jasoncarswell7458 5 жыл бұрын

Because evolution is amazing and can "teach" a tiny insect both geometry and sign language? Imagine a human trying to explain 1) he found something useful, 2) how useful it is, 3) how far away it is, and 4) what direction, all without speaking or using his hands. Now shrink his brain by 100x and take away every advantage mammals have in social communication.

@makemarker 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasoncarswell7458 a blind man finds sight pretty fascinating, he doesn't really understand what is sight as we live it but to him in this sense, we are like superbeings. Point, we are all amazing in many ways.

@Kanasinani 4 жыл бұрын

this should be titled why bees are the smartest insects

@AbsentWithoutLeaving 3 жыл бұрын

Somewhere out here there's a video of a guy who has pet spider (huge variety, can't remember which one) who high fives him.

@kylahamlin2515 2 жыл бұрын

The design of the dance when overlapped with the duration reminds me of the height and chroma of the pitch helix. Just thought that was neat. Such a great video!

@AB-ft7ng 2 жыл бұрын

Animals are so much more intelligent than we want to admit. They deserve our protection, not the exploitation and suffering we continue to cause them.

@merveilleuxetmagique 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that was awesome! Very clearly explained!

@Personmr 10 жыл бұрын

bees scare me but ill be damned if they arn't interesting.

@AbsentWithoutLeaving 3 жыл бұрын

Honeybees aren't troublesome for me...it's wasps that give me the heebie-jeebies. Having been stung by members of a colony that nested in an outdoor stairway of an apartment complex I was staying at, I gained a healthy respect for their sense of vengeance. I swear those suckers knew exactly what time I got home from work and laid in wait for me!

@yeahyou7536 8 жыл бұрын

Fascinating.

@oriana_fortunato 2 жыл бұрын

when you linguistics teacher makes you watch a video about dancing bees... and you actually really enjoy it

@infinitels5304 3 жыл бұрын

This was so cool. I have to do a project on Karl Von Frisch's studies of honey bees and this was really educational and helpful. Keep up the good work!

@erenyeager1660 9 ай бұрын

Same :) It's really cool

@notoriousxnena 8 жыл бұрын

this was amazing thank you

@McLarenF1God 13 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT! It's finally good to have this mystery solved.

@lasercass 7 жыл бұрын

Truly amazing! Came here thanks to the Coursera Miracles of Human Language course :)

@philaman1972 7 жыл бұрын

Amazingly brilliant insects.

@lillykainz 8 жыл бұрын

Me too, thanks for the oportunity to watch such an interesting study!!

@Arnis1mail 8 жыл бұрын

I'm just randomly watching videos on youtube and this is amazing.

@ccgatech 12 жыл бұрын

@enginerdtrav glad you enjoyed it!

@LuisLascanoValarezo 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Can't wait to take part in research at GT!

@santiagoarcesueldo3687 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!! I use it to teach in my General and Applied Linguistics class!!!

@Mjiujtsu 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, bees have an understand of expected utility of the food :p that's better understanding of economics than a lot of humans

@peterhauser9205 7 жыл бұрын

This is incredible!

@sintar02 12 жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible video, very well done! This behavior is so clever it makes me kind of giddy.

@chunqiu17 2 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@mikesearles 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you.

@pokecardskev3267 11 жыл бұрын

That was very informative. I love learning about bees.

@Laura_ASMR_ Жыл бұрын

this is very interesting! well done

@Phaota 12 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Great doco. Definitely taught me some info. I didn't know. Thanks for sharing.

@Cooriander 13 жыл бұрын

Clear and interesting!

@edergreen5140 11 жыл бұрын

I could sit and listen to this oer and over again, well done clever clogs!! ;)

@katleach2382 3 жыл бұрын

incredible stuff

@bugraaydn5113 Жыл бұрын

This is fascinating

@cekan14 3 жыл бұрын

This is marvellous.

@mbgal7758 3 жыл бұрын

They are such amazing creatures

@1103MusikBerlin 6 жыл бұрын

your style is awesome

@cheeze6850 3 жыл бұрын

wow! everyday i wake up and find fascinating things about the world we live in (i am also here from coursera hah)

@rkaiii1 13 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your prompt reply. I think the video is very well done and informative.

@duncanjames914 7 жыл бұрын

Incredible!

@packet40 12 жыл бұрын

Great upload! Many thanks for posting this informative video!

@justice1523 10 жыл бұрын

Nothing short of amazing.

@ShyamSharma-gs8tt 7 жыл бұрын

Mind Blown

@ShahJahan572 10 жыл бұрын

"Be Like the Bees" brought me here...

@laurakf1519 2 жыл бұрын

how can someone watch this and still believe it's all work of an explosion, rather than the intentional design on an intelligent being?

@bipulkharel4957 7 жыл бұрын

Much more informative video. Thanks to the creators... 😊

@MsRuthT 9 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. :-) Love bees.

@SisyphusTwo 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating...

@Dan5482 11 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you!

@pigsareit 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, good job!

@Zoologicalavenue 5 жыл бұрын

Austria is producing great biologists. After Mandel,karl von frish is another mind blowing

@finding_mahmoud 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Coursera machine learning clustering course :D

@nehagoyal8508 6 жыл бұрын

great work

@inezvandenbroek4519 5 жыл бұрын

Super informatief en mooi in beeld gebracht

@Diamondraw4Real 6 жыл бұрын

this is an amazing video!

@stansmith4054 5 жыл бұрын

Truely amazing animals!

@Outcrankin 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible

@ThomasStone 11 жыл бұрын

what a great video!

@pranavjags4065 6 жыл бұрын

I AM NOT HERE FROM Coursera !

@KJKP 7 жыл бұрын

An interesting corollary behavior always unaddressed is this: how do the subsequent bees learn from those who preceded them? Do they count? Is there a sense of delay between beginning and end of the dance? Some of the watching bees inside the hive seem to orient themselves parallel to the axis of the waggle walk path.

@SymothyD 10 жыл бұрын

0:12 bee trips and falls. "Ugh.. Damnit" gets back up and leaves.

@ayushshah3357 7 жыл бұрын

It was very helpful.... Thx a lot

@exogendesign4582 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, that must BEE fascinating to watch.

@NirangaDeSilva 8 жыл бұрын

Simply WOW..!

@amadeuswoodhull6724 11 ай бұрын

that's so amazing

@docvix80 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@nobodyhere4667 3 жыл бұрын

ahhhhh ! I was wondering about if they new the time changes and sun changes or if it was just a rough estimation. Thank You, very cool :) I am more amazed that humans figured this out than I am that bees communicate in this manner. Well done primates :)

@AbsentWithoutLeaving 3 жыл бұрын

Cool bees!

@barnibussnaples6561 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: some bees are terrible navigators and other bees stop “listening” to them

@AbsentWithoutLeaving 3 жыл бұрын

OMG, bees have reputations!

@sayyedakib3461 7 жыл бұрын

awesome video

@teaophysique 10 жыл бұрын

fascinating!!!!

@glitched2797 6 жыл бұрын

This is so interesting :)

@adriancalma3508 3 жыл бұрын

Bee twerking is so sophisticated

@1LadyEMM 11 жыл бұрын

SOOOOO COOL!

@ThelumleysfilmMovies 5 жыл бұрын

I love this video I even told my friend that they need to see it I'm from Jamaica and my channel it's all about Jamaican bees this video teach me a lot

@elishh8173 Жыл бұрын

They're soo CUTE!!! I love them!!! Thank You God for creating all your beautiful intelligent little animals like bees!!!!

@johnkot3114 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the first dancing Bee trying to get everyone to understand what he was doing.

@ajayjajodia84 11 жыл бұрын

terrific ..amazed

@zoll2211 13 жыл бұрын

Great for both science and film production classroom use.

@TroyMira 3 жыл бұрын

Begs the question about the function of brain in memory storage since this seems entirely somatic - basically a re-enactment of the flight. Thanks for the share.