Question

The scientist, who was awarded the nobel prize for decoding bee language is
A. Konrad Lorenz
B. Carolus Linnaeus
C. Karl Von Frisch
D. Nikolaas Tinbergen

Answer 1

Two assistant professors have decoded the language of bees that allowed other scientists across the globe to interpret the insects' highly complex language. They analysed the dances of 85 marks from three hives.

Complete answer: Honey bees are mainly the only bees we can say that use nest- based communication to provide nest- mates with information about their location of the resources which we call as the "dance language". They do waggle dances for a high quality of food source.
However, there are many species which do not communicate. But honey bees use dance language when food sources differ greatly in quality and are hard to find. According to the research, the bees with increased dance complexity were the first to appear and species with the most complex dance are the most derived.
They dance to discover high quality food sources without having a sample of the food. At times the recruited individuals often fail to find out the food source and they then return to the hives to get more information. As the distance between the resources and the hive increases, the round dance is transformed into "waggle dance".
German- Austrain ethologist Karl von Frisch received the nobel prize in medicine in 1973, along with Nikolass Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz. He worked on the sensory perceptions of the honey bee and first translated the meaning of the waggle dance. His theory was even described in the book Aus dem Leben der Bienen.

So, the correct answer is option C, Karl von Frisch.

Note: Bees evolved from apoid wasps around 110- 140 million years ago. The oldest known eusocial fossil is crete trigona prisca. This fossil is remarkable because of the similarity in them with the present day worker bee which is derived from the eusocial group of the bee. Dance communication in these bees plays a fundamental role during swarming and nest- site selection . When colonies look for a new nest they send their groups in search and propose different options to their sisters with their dance.