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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Honey bee swarms, potential new hives including the characteristics of south facing (for warmth) defensive opening to defend themselves from predators, the waggle dance conveying three different traits about the site with the number of dance circuits showing the quality of the site, Scout bees will fly off to search for potential nest sites, performing a waggle dance on top of the swarm to inform the other bees of the location and quality of the nest sites with a high pitch acoutic sound produced by the scout it signals the whole swarm to fly to the new site, potential new hives including the characteristics of size to store honey through the winter, Scout bees will fly off to search for potential nest sites, performing a waggle dance on top of the swarm to inform the other bees of the location and quality of the nest sites and A threshold of 15 bees visiting the site at one time needs to ocur (= a quorum) (translated to 150 bees at swarm) in order for a site to be chosen and a flight to the new site to be initatied., a high pitch acoutic sound produced by the scout it signals the whole swarm to fly to the new site and performing swarm warming to prepare for flight at 33-35 degrees C, 1 nest has too many individuals and the current queen & 1/2 her hive-mates abandon the current hive in search of a new one, A threshold of 15 bees visiting the site at one time needs to ocur (= a quorum) (translated to 150 bees at swarm) in order for a site to be chosen and a flight to the new site to be initatied. if there are more than one site of different values the a recruitment signal strength difference is formed and the waggle dance for the lesser option is outcompeted, the waggle dance conveying three different traits about the site with the length indicating the site's distance from the swarm, Scout bees will fly off to search for potential nest sites, performing a waggle dance on top of the swarm to inform the other bees of the location and quality of the nest sites with the waggle dance conveying three different traits about the site, potential new hives including the characteristics of high enough off the ground to avoid ground predators, the current queen & 1/2 her hive-mates abandon the current hive in search of a new one and one of her daughters will become the new queen of the abandoned hive, Honeybee Swarms occcur when 1 nest has too many individuals, A threshold of 15 bees visiting the site at one time needs to ocur (= a quorum) (translated to 150 bees at swarm) in order for a site to be chosen and a flight to the new site to be initatied. if there are more than one potential new nest sites are available (of equal value) then it takes longer on average for a quorum to be reached amongst the bees, the hive resting (forming a bivouac) on a temporary "resting tree" with Scout bees will fly off to search for potential nest sites, performing a waggle dance on top of the swarm to inform the other bees of the location and quality of the nest sites, the waggle dance conveying three different traits about the site with the angle showing the direction of the site, there are more than one site of different values the a recruitment signal strength difference is formed and the waggle dance for the lesser option is outcompeted which can take up to 3 days!, Scout bees will fly off to search for potential nest sites, performing a waggle dance on top of the swarm to inform the other bees of the location and quality of the nest sites with potential new hives including the characteristics, there are more than one site of different values the a recruitment signal strength difference is formed and the waggle dance for the lesser option is outcompeted with one some bees "head-butted" others to get them to stop dancing about their location., the current queen & 1/2 her hive-mates abandon the current hive in search of a new one with the hive resting (forming a bivouac) on a temporary "resting tree"