Karl Von Frisch Demonstrated That European Honeybees Communicate the Location

question 39

Multiple Choice

Karl von Frisch demonstrated that European honeybees communicate the location of a distant food source by

• A) performing a short, straight run during a waggle dance.
• B) performing a long, straight run during a waggle dance.
• C) performing a round dance with fast rotations.
• D) emanating minute amounts of stimulus pheromone.
• E) varying wing vibration frequency.

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