1. What I Like About You... You really know how to DANCE! The Wonderful World of Bees For more information, please contact Meg Eckles (meg.eckles@gmail.com). This presentation was made possible, in part by funds from the NSF Socrates Fellows Program. Her research was partly supported by funds from NSF IBN 0545856meg.eckles@gmail.com

2. So... what do you know??

3. Who’s who in the hive? Worker Queen Male ‘Drone’

4. Pollen Honey Drone Cell Larvae

5. Bee vision is sensitive to color and symmetry

6. Types of Symmetry? Radial

7. Types of Symmetry? Bilateral

8. DIRECTION DISTANCE QUALITY

9. Now You Tell Me: What Flowers Do Honey Bees Prefer? (Alas, now you actually have to work.)

10. Dice Rules: If you roll... –One 1 = 1 visit to Yellow –Two 2’s = 1 visit to Blue –Three 3’s = 1 visit to Green –Five 4’s = 1 visit to Red –One 5 = 1 visit to Purple –Five 6’s = 1 visit to White

11. Dice Rules: If you roll... –One 1 = 1 visit to Square –Two 2’s = 1 visit to Circle –Three 3’s = 1 visit to Triangle –Five 4’s = 1 visit to Star –One 5 = 1 visit to 6 Pointed Star –Five 6’s = 1 visit to No shape

12. Melipona panamica