The Mysterious Dance of the Honeybee

You may know that honeybees are crucial pollinators in maintaining biodiversity, but did you also know that they are skilled dancers? Honeybees communicate with each other through a series of specific dances known as 'waggle dances'.

A foraging bee that has located a promising source of food or a suitable new location for a hive will return to the colony and start performing this complex dance on the honeycomb.

The dance involves wiggling movements and specific orientation relative to the sun.

The duration, speed, and angle of the waggle runs within the dance inform other bees about the distance, direction, and quality of the food source or new nest site.

This bee behaviour, discovered in the mid-20th century by Karl von Frisch, continues to astonish researchers and serves as an excellent example of non-human communication..