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In the science news, there is a new paper about the "Stop Signal," and whether it is unique to honey bees or is used by other social insects. The idea of a stop signal has been around for 30 years now, first described by James C. Nieh, then at Cornell U. (he now has his own lab at UCSD). Nieh's work was based on earlier research. Harald Esch clearly describes "Stoppen einer Tänzerin durch eine Nachläuferin" — Stopping a dancer by a follower.
> When listening to the dancers with the probe microphone, it is noticeable again and again that the dancers can be stopped by a "beeping" noise of the followers. The followers approach the dancer until they can almost touch her with their antennae, and then stop abruptly.
> If you run a wet finger over the window of the observation box and create a "squeaky noise", you can observe a similar behavior as when "beeping" in all bees of the hive: all bees remain rigid for the duration of the "squeaking sound"
This latter phenomenon was reported in 1915, in "Leben und Wesen der Bienen" [Life and nature of bees] by Prof. Hugo Buttel-Reepen.
see:
Goldberg, T. S. & Guy Bloch. 2023. Inhibitory signaling in collective social insect networks, is it indeed uncommon? Current Opinion in Insect Science
Nieh JC: 1993. The stop signal of honey bees: reconsidering its message. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Esch, H. 1964. Beiträge zum Problem der Entfernungsweisung in den Schwänzeltänzen der Honigbiene. Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie.
Buttel-Reepen, H. 1915. Leben und Wesen der Bienen. Vieweg & Sohn, Verlag.
PLB
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