Question at position 18 A colony of honey bees need to find a new location to build their hive. What is their first step?Vote on a location, then send out scouts in that general directionSend out scouts to look for ideal locations, and when they then come back, they advertise their chosen location, using the waggle dance, causing more bees to check them outSend out scouts to look for ideal locations, and they then come back and vote on themThe queen leads the colony out of the hive, and they find a new location as they fly around with her.

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To tackle this question, I’ll walk through each option and connect it to the known honey bee swarm behavior.
Option 1: 'Vote on a location, then send out scouts in that general direction' — This is not how honey bees typically decide on a new nest site. Bees do not perform a democratic vote prior to searching; they begin by scouting rather than voting first.
Option 2: 'Send out scouts to look for ideal locations, and when they then come back, they advertise their chosen location, using the waggle dance, causing more bees to check them out' — This aligns with the established process: scout bees search for suitable sites, return to the hive, and perform the waggle dance to advertise a promising site, recruiting more scouts to evaluate it.
Option 3: 'Send out scouts to look for ideal locations, and they then come back and vote on them' — While it mentions scouting, the bees do not vote on sites in a formal sense. The decision emerges from recruitment signals (waggle dances) rather than a majority vote.
Option 4: 'The queen leads the colony out of the hive, and they find a new location as they fly around with her.' — The queen does not directly lead the swarm to a new nest in a guided flight. The decision and scouting are collective processes driven by worker bees, not a single guided flight led by the queen.
In summary, the option that describes scouting followed by waggle-dance-based advertisement and recruitment best captures the sequence of how a bee swarm selects a new nest site, reflecting both the scouting activity and communication through the waggle dance that draws more bees to evaluate the location.

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