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Fig. 1 . Distributions of distances from swarm cluster sites to new nest sites, as 
calculated from the recruitment dances of scout bees on swarms. The curves are 
least-squares fits to points centered in the top of the histogram bars. Upper figure 
is original data; lower figure is after Table 1 in Lindauer (1955). 
over all other dances just before each swarm lifted off to fly to its 
chosen site. 
The results from observing 13 swarms are shown in Fig. 1. This 
figure also includes data gathered in similar fashion by Lindauer 
(1955) who observed swarms inside Munich and in various rural 
locations in West Germany. The curves in Fig. 1 were fitted to the 
histograms as described in Seeley and Morse (1978). The striking 
features of the two distributions are (1) their similarity despite 
widely separated study areas, and (2) the low frequency of swarms 
