One such observation was that bees have consistent, unique ways of dancing, meaning each bee has its own 'style' that it adds to the communication. Could the success of the waggle dance be related ...

In a 2021 Twitter (now ‘X’) post, US journalist Jenny Zhang wrote, “Any time I see someone use a reaction gif I immediately know they are above the age of 33”. The replies to the post ...

In 1973, von Frisch was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in deciphering the honey bees' waggle dance—a dance used by the bees to communicate the location of food sources. He postulated that ...

Like Earth bees they also communicate namely through dancing, and seem to be susceptible to the same parasites as Earth bees. They are incredibly deadly, capable of causing the most horrible of ...

Sophie Yaxley started creating gluten-free sweet treats after receiving a coeliac diagnosis which pushed her to launch her business, Dancing Bee Bakes, at the age of 13. The young baker sells her ...

Climate activists danced to Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees as part of a protest outside a pensions conference in the Scottish capital. Campaigners from Extinction Rebellion Scotland, Divest Lothian ...

Honeybees are born to dance, but when young bees are able to observe older, more accomplished dancing bees, the young bees become “better” dancers. Aside from the waggle dance, social bees use ...

Researchers recently proved that the famous waggle dance used by explorer bees to indicate to their fellow explorers a source of food is not an innate behavior but one that is in part socially ...

This dance conveys the direction, distance and quality of a resource to the bee's nestmates. Essentially, the dancer points recruits in the correct direction and tells them how far to go by ...

Bee waggle dancing, a sort of language, turns out to be both innate and learned, like songbird or human communication. The dance may appear simple in a diagram, but executing it on expanses of ...