title: Sound: An Element Common to Communication of Stingless Bees and to Dances of the Honey Bee.
abstract: Sounds are an important part of the communication behavior, the so-called dances, of the honey bee. Stingless bees, which do not use dances for communication, use sound signals to indicate the existence and, in some cases, the distance of a feeding place. The social organization of communities of stingless bees is more primitive than that of honey bees, yet certain commonfeatures of communication behavior in these two groups lead to a new hypothesis of the evolution of dancing behavior of the honey bee.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Esch
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Esch
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kerr