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Honeybees communicate flower locations through dancing

A waggle dance informs hive mates of the direction and distance to nectar.

When a foraging honeybee finds a rich patch of flowers, it returns to the hive and performs a figure-of-eight movement known as a waggle dance. The angle of the dance relative to vertical indicates the flower direction relative to the Sun, while duration signifies distance.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A waggle dance informs hive mates of the direction and distance to nectar. The figure is taken from Encyclopædia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.