The waggle dance is not just fancy footwork, the waggle dance is a highly evolved form of communication that bees use to share the exact location of a forage source with the rest of the hive. Here’s some waggle 101: 💃 The duration of the waggle indicates the distance to the flower source 💃 The more vigorous the waggle, the more abundant the nectar 💃 The angle of the waggle to the sun represents the angle that the bees need to fly at to reach the flowers So, the next time you see a bee busting

Young bees need to watch. A recent Science study showed that the distinctive waggle dance honey bees use to send nestmates to the location of a food source is in part learned by young bees as they observe more experienced bees. Learn more: https://scim.ag/2Pi | Science

🐝 Did you know bees dance to communicate? When a forager finds a new nectar source, she returns to the hive and performs a waggle or round dance to show the exact location — using the sun and hive as reference points. She even shares a taste of the nectar so others can recognise it by scent. All of this happens in total darkness! 🌸✨ #BeeFacts #NatureIsWild #SaveTheBees | Flow Hive

One way that bees communicate is by dancing! Do you see the bee shaking its abdomen and walking around in circles inside the hive? This is called a ‘waggle dance’ and it is how bees let each other know where to find the best sources for food, water, propolis and even new hive sites. ⁣ ⁣ The duration of the dance indicates the distance to the source—the longer the dance, the farther away it is. The angle of the dance indicates the direction to the source in relation to the hive’s location and the