The Waggle Dance of the Honeybee

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/.

[@TomSFox]

Even bees use the metric system.

[@fawazalhoqail4846]

I hope you're sarcastic.

[@TomSFox]

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

[@ragmar6018]

@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]

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

[@timtwiggy1233]

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

[@andrewflynn6883]

i unironically love bees, they actually make me so happy

[@LilGhostlyX_X]

Then him in the hive boys

[@greg1030]

Dancing's so cute. I also love to hear their buzzing while they dance, which you can hear here kzbin.info/www/bejne/an_Xlpp3hLajidU

[@Urubosrt]

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

[@audreyfernandes6287]

UnBEElievable

[@onieward]

oh, it bee!

[@belalamelo6113]

Well, you just had to BEE there

[@TheDLirios]

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

[@Diamondraw4Real]

TheDLirios cool

[@supriyabedi197]

me too

[@helenfhnin]

I'm 4 years late but same.

[@susanharkins9347]

I am taking the course right now! Amazing information.

[@yifeiyang7083]

Me too! I like this course so much

[@ccgatech]

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]

Could you please give us an update?

[@terrieanndiehl58]

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

[@mariajosebianchi5]

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

[@qbNaith]

+María José Bianchi Me too!

[@amitraohuman]

+qbNaith +María José Bianchi Me three :)

[@milwizz]

Same here! And wow! This is amazing!

[@daps1812]

mee too! haha

[@xinqi1440]

Same here! :)

[@Durrpadil]

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

[@hunterXhuruka]

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.

[@bananian]

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

[@Crick1952]

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

[@emmarose4234]

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

[@ylonmc2]

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]

seems like more instinct than intelligence

[@flynncremin6347]

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

[@Dish.Washer]

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

[@galacticloveteam8813]

@@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]

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

[@clems6belio]

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

[@enginerdtrav]

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

[@maksymkinasch4398]

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 KZbin video

[@andresacosta7645]

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!!!

[@hagensteele4447]

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

[@charlatanbaby]

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

[@faro7100]

I hope you find it one day

[@elinguiuriel]

coursera @LeidenMOOCs bought me here

[@Crick1952]

Pascal Uriel ELINGUI lol, me too

[@carson6097]

Pascal Uriel ELINGUI Me too!

[@BackpackingDiplomacy]

Pascal Uriel ELINGUI me 3. Very cool video!

[@BrianLokker]

+Pascal Uriel ELINGUI Same here -- very interesting!

[@loofah5672]

+Pascal Uriel ELINGUI me too!

[@Unsabulous]

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

[@kennethnielsen935]

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

[@jasoncarswell7458]

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]

@@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.

[@melanienguyen4188]

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

[@AB-ft7ng]

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.

[@sherrybrittowinters5348]

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

[@infinitels5304]

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]

Same :) It's really cool

[@mrdeadman007]

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

[@McLarenF1God]

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

[@yeahyou7536]

Fascinating.

[@jennifernolen9138]

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

[@brucesbees]

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!

[@notoriousxnena]

this was amazing thank you

[@merveilleuxetmagique]

Thank you, that was awesome! Very clearly explained!

[@kylahamlin2515]

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!

[@santiagoarcesueldo3687]

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

[@Personmr]

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

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

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!

[@ccgatech]

@enginerdtrav glad you enjoyed it!

[@lillykainz]

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

[@lasercass]

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

[@philaman1972]

Amazingly brilliant insects.

[@peterhauser9205]

This is incredible!

[@edergreen5140]

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

[@mikesearles]

Fascinating. Thank you.

[@Kanasinani]

this should be titled why bees are the smartest insects

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

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.

[@pokecardskev3267]

That was very informative. I love learning about bees.

[@LuisLascanoValarezo]

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

[@oriana_fortunato]

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

[@Arnis1mail]

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

[@mbgal7758]

They are such amazing creatures

[@Phaota]

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

[@sintar02]

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

[@MsRuthT]

Fascinating. :-) Love bees.

[@Dan5482]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@laurakf1519]

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

[@justice1523]

Nothing short of amazing.

[@Cooriander]

Clear and interesting!

[@bugraaydn5113]

This is fascinating

[@cekan14]

This is marvellous.

[@chunqiu17]

I love it!

[@katleach2382]

incredible stuff

[@inezvandenbroek4519]

Super informatief en mooi in beeld gebracht

[@duncanjames914]

Incredible!

[@1103MusikBerlin]

your style is awesome

[@rkaiii1]

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

[@Laura_ASMR_]

this is very interesting! well done

[@cheeze6850]

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

[@ShyamSharma-gs8tt]

Mind Blown

[@packet40]

Great upload! Many thanks for posting this informative video!

[@Mjiujtsu]

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

[@Zoologicalavenue]

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

[@stansmith4054]

Truely amazing animals!

[@nehagoyal8508]

great work

[@SisyphusTwo]

Fascinating...

[@harmlessbystander621]

I’ve been looking for videos of bees doing the shimmy dance with music dubbed, so far I’ve been unsuccessful :(

[@bipulkharel4957]

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

[@Outcrankin]

Incredible

[@ayushshah3357]

It was very helpful.... Thx a lot

[@pigsareit]

Amazing video, good job!

[@Diamondraw4Real]

this is an amazing video!

[@ThomasStone]

what a great video!

[@elishh8173]

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

[@ShahJahan572]

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

[@KJKP]

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.

[@teaophysique]

fascinating!!!!

[@finding_mahmoud]

Thank you Coursera machine learning clustering course :D

[@exogendesign4582]

Damn, that must BEE fascinating to watch.

[@glitched2797]

This is so interesting :)

[@NirangaDeSilva]

Simply WOW..!

[@amadeuswoodhull6724]

that's so amazing

[@ajayjajodia84]

terrific ..amazed

[@SymothyD]

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

[@sayyedakib3461]

awesome video

[@zoll2211]

Great for both science and film production classroom use.

[@docvix80]

Amazing

[@nobodyhere4667]

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 :)

[@adriancalma3508]

Bee twerking is so sophisticated

[@1LadyEMM]

SOOOOO COOL!

[@ThelumleysfilmMovies]

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

[@pranavjags4065]

I AM NOT HERE FROM Coursera !

[@letsthinkit6015]

xoss documentary!

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

Cool bees!

[@julianvp1801]

Hey! Lovely video :). Where could I find the waggle-dance papers you have used? Thank you very much!

[@dinalab]

still quite useful video :)