Question

Researchers allow bees to feed from a feeder located 500 meters due south of the hive for several days in a row. They then place a new feeder due south of the hive and place feeders in several other directions from the hive as well, but all are now 450 meters from the hive. They leave the original feeder empty. Next, they determine which feeders that new bees from the hive now visit. What information can they learn from this experiment alone

Answer 1

they can learn if Bees are able to calculate distance and direction or if they simply stick to what they know.

Step-by-step explanation:

From this experiment they can learn if Bees are able to calculate distance and direction or if they simply stick to what they know. Since they have been accustomed to feeding from the feeder that is south they may continue to do so, but since it is not the farthest from the hive and there are other feeders located closer they may chose the new feeder. If they do decide to change feeder, then it tells the researchers that the Bees are able to calculate the distance and know that the new feeders are closer, while which feeder they choose might give them information on how bees determine direction.