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BBC EARTH DESCRIBES DANCE USED FOR BEES TO FIND RESOURCES
Bees are normally described as “annoying” insects that buzz around and sting people. However, their role in pollinating plants is vital for the environment. The way they communicate about new resources is unique.
The “waggle dance” is a term used in beekeeping that describes how a honey bee shares information about the locations of resources. These resources can include a patch of flowers for nectar and water. The waggle dance is performed with a dance in a figure-eight-shaped path. This dance is usually used when the resource is 50 or more meters away.
When a honeybee finds the location of a new supply, she tells other bees by determining the angle of the resource compared to the sun when it is on the horizon. The bee does the “waggle” dance in a straight line at the angle directed toward the resource. The number of seconds is proportional to the distance to the resource. One second of the dance is approximately one kilometer.
After dancing a straight line, the bee goes around the first path in a curve. Then, it repeats the dance toward the resource and circles back in the other direction. This tells the other bees where to locate resources to use.
With these unique movements, bees can understand and express both the distance and the direction from the sun, their resource.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waggle_dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Q8FfyLLso (BBC Earth)

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