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Title: Bees moving back & forth
Post by: heaflaw on July 28, 2007, 01:21:43 AM
Why do bees do this?  They stand still and seem to rock forward & back in rythm.  I have seen it a lot on the alighting board in the summer after the flow.  I've heard it called washboarding. 
Title: Re: Bees moving back & forth
Post by: BeeHopper on July 28, 2007, 09:20:31 AM
Quote from: heaflaw on July 28, 2007, 01:21:43 AM
Why do bees do this?  They stand still and seem to rock forward & back in rythm.  I have seen it a lot on the alighting board in the summer after the flow.  I've heard it called washboarding. 


If you look a little closer, you'll see each worker has her own iPod. ;)
Yes, it is washboarding  :-D
why  :?