Learn more about the complexities of the honey bee waggle dance and why the audience size matters.

A scout bee buzzes in, proudly making her presence known. She lands on the dancing platform of the hive, which is her stage, if you will. She does a straight run for one, two, three seconds. It’s ...

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Honey bees don’t just perform their famous waggle dance to share directions, they actually adjust how well they dance ...

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Move over, Queen Bey, these pollinators may have you bee-t. Honey bees have a signature “waggle dance” — and researchers have discovered how the insects learn it. A new study published in the journal ...

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Honeybees do not simply broadcast directions to food and hope for the best. A new experimental study published in the ...

Bees change their waggle dance based on who’s watching, showing that hive communication is more interactive than scientists thought.

When a honey bee returns to the nest after foraging for food, it breaks into dance. Moving in a figure-eight shape while shaking its abdomen helps the bee communicate to others how far away the ...

Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...