Bees dance to give precise directions
Honeybees use an intricate "waggle dance" to communicate precise directions to food sources, encoding distance, direction, and quality with remarkable accuracy.
Honeybees perform an incredible "waggle dance" to tell their hive-mates exactly where to find the best flowers. A scout bee dances a figure-8, with the angle of her "waggle" indicating direction relative to the sun and its duration signaling distance. Each second of waggle can mean over 3,000 feet!
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