• Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    15 hours ago

    Yup - as far as we know the dance conveys three pieces of info, about a food source:

    • direction - by the direction of the waggling
    • distance - by the duration of the waggling
    • benefit - by how frequently they do it (based on the resources and potential predators)

    They also release some pheromones while dancing, but I think that’s just to warn other bees “hey, someone is dancing in the hive”.