Honey bees don’t just perform their famous waggle dance to share directions, they actually adjust how well they dance depending on who’s watching. Researchers found that when fewer bees pay attention, ...

Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...

When honey bees find a good source of food, they return to their hive and perform a waggle dance. It consists of a series of movements that communicate the direction and distance to nectar, pollen or ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Did you know that honey bees aren’t just buzzing around randomly? They’re actually dancing to communicate. A new study from Virginia Tech shows these “waggle dances” are more than ...

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 new study by Chinese scientists reveals that the honey bee waggle dance—one of the most famous examples of animal communication—is not a one-way communication but, in fact, a dynamic, two-way ...

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 ...