Data and code accompanying the article Concrete Consequences: "Construction on Prime Honey Bee Habitat Doubles Foraging Distances"

In this study, we decoded and analyzed honey bee waggle dances before (2018-19, n = 382) and after (2022, n = 502) land development took place within the hives' foraging range. While the total area of construction totaled just 1% of the honey bee maximum foraging range, this nearly doubled the average forager flight distance (from 0.69 kilometers to 1.28 kilometers) and energy expenditure per foraging flight (from 7 to 13 Joules). We also find that bees increase (from 2.4% to 8.4%) their use of undisturbed microhabitat within the development.