How Honeybees Communicate: The Incredible Science Behind the Waggle Dance
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How Honeybees Use the Waggle Dance to Share Food Locations
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Individuals of a honeybee colony cooperate together in an amazing way, with each other and with particular accuracy. One of the most interesting of their behaviours is a staggering scoot, the waggle dance that communicates valuable information about the direction, distance and location of food resource. It is a natural language of movement which enables colonies to survive, find resources with greatest efficiency and is one of the most advanced forms of communication in the insect world.