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For a bee to be successful, it needs to shake its honey maker. Scientists have long known honey bees jiggle their bodies to let nestmates know the location of nearby nectar and pollen. Bees ...

Honey bees dance better for bigger audiences, reveals new research. The precision of their "waggle dance" fluctuates depending on audience size and who’s in attendance, according to the findings.

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Booty-shaking worker bees guide their fellow workers to pollen by a form of communication known as “waggle dancing” — performing steps that map out where food is located and how far it is from the ...

Social insects like bees demonstrate a remarkable range of behaviors, from working together to build structurally complex nests (complete with built-in climate control) to the pragmatic division of ...

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The precision of their "waggle dance" fluctuates depending on audience size and who’s in attendance, according to the findings. Scientists have in recent years carefully deciphered details of the ...

A dancing honey bee (center) is surrounded by an audience of followers that carefully interpret the movements of the ultra-fast waggle dance. (Heather Broccard Bell via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Honey ...