> Duangphakdee, O., Hepburn, H. R., Radloff, S. E., Pirk, C. W. W., Rodim,
> P., & Wongsiri, S. (2012).
> Waggle dances in absconding colonies of the red dwarf honeybee, Apis
> florea. Insectes sociaux, 59(4), 571-577.
>

Does this paper mention anything about waggle dancing on a horizontal
plane?  I thought that I had read somewhere that apis florea dances on the
top of the comb with the direction component NOT relative to the sun but
actually representing the direction.  There are two honeybees in Asia which
are not cavity nesting, dorsata and florea.  Dorsata does not have any top
surface which is horizontal because the comb is usually under a fat branch
or rocky cliff, but it does have a narrow but horizontal underside.  The
nest of florea usually hangs from a thin branch and often encircles in so
it does have a horizontal top surface.

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