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Communication through Dance: Honey Bee Strategies for Food Location

This abstract explores fascinating dances used by honey bees to communicate about food sources. The round dance is used for nearby food within about 50 meters, where bees move in circles to signal its presence. It doesn't give direction but tells other bees food is close. The wagtail dance is for food farther away, over 100 meters. It involves a figure-eight pattern where the direction of their straight run shows which way the food is relative to the sun. These dances show how bees share information to help their colony find food efficiently.