A dancing honey bee (center) is surrounded by an audience of “followers” that carefully interpret the movements of the ...

Honey bees don’t just perform their famous waggle dance to share directions, they actually adjust how well they dance ...

In recent years, scientists have carefully deciphered details of the honey bee "waggle dance," which is an advanced form of social communication in the animal kingdom. University of California San ...

Bees change their waggle dance based on who’s watching, showing that hive communication is more interactive than scientists thought.

A dancing honey bee (center) is surrounded by an audience of “followers” that carefully interpret the movements of the ...

Learn more about the complexities of the honey bee waggle dance and why the audience size matters.

Honeybees do not simply broadcast directions to food and hope for the best. A new experimental study published in the ...