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Bienenschwarm als Traube
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How a colonydecides to move house

A swarm hangs from a branch and has to choose a home. Scouts dance for competing cavities until a quorum builds at the site itself — a decision with no centre, reached in one to three days.

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JournalHow precise is the waggle dance?High-speed footage shows a scatter of several degrees. It is good enough — the search flight at the target absorbs the error.
Bee instituteTreating varroa by the weatherTemperature and humidity govern how well organic acids work. Treatment windows can be estimated day by day.
MonitoringThe July forage gapAfter lime blossom the nectar flow collapses in many regions. Catch crops and late forage cushion it.
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