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

1.5K views | The Waggle Dance! Yes, actually!  Bees are sooooo clever!! Bees perform a waggle dance to tell their hive where to find nectar or pollen. The angle of the dance shows the direction of the food source relative to the sun, and the duration of the waggle tells them the distance, often up to 5 km away. They can pinpoint it to within about one metre. Nature’s GPS. Zero tech. | WandrLust | Facebook

WASHBOARDING 💃💃💃 You may have already heard of the waggle dance (a behavior of honeybees where they tell their sisters where a food source is based on a intricate dance) but you probably haven’t heard of this one Washboarding, known for its at times rhythmic, repetitive movement up and down the front of the hive, is a dance I only see during summer months when it’s hot in and out of the hive. From far away it doesn’t look like much but when you get close up you see that the bees outside the h