Fig. 3. Experiment 1. Effect of pattern motion on flight speed. The graph shows
mean axial flight speed (Vx) when the pattern on the walls
was static (0 pattern velocity), moved in the direction of flight (positive
pattern velocity values) or against the direction of flight (negative pattern
velocity values). The open circles represent Vx values for
various pattern speeds. N denotes the number of bees, n
denotes the number of flights. The horizontal lines on the error bars denote
standard error of the mean; the uncapped bars denote the standard deviation.
The dashed line represents a model of the flight speed data for large negative
pattern velocities; the slope of this line is slightly smaller than 1. The
solid line represents a model of the flight speed data for the positive and
negative pattern velocities near zero; the slope of this line is not
significantly different from zero. The dotted line represents a model of the
flight speed data for large positive pattern velocities; the slope of the
regression line was slightly greater than 1. The equations for each regression
are shown. Note: only five bees participated in the data shown for negative
pattern velocities, due to difficulties in getting them to enter the tunnel
under these conditions.