round dance

plural round dances

1. danceA dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.
2. agricultureA repetitive, circular movement made by a foraging honey bee in process of communicating to other workers that it has located a significant and nearby food source.

   The round dance is never performed on a comb on which there are none or only a few bees, but it always takes place in the midst of a dense throng.

   1924 February, John H. Lovell, “The Odor of Flowers as a Means of Communication Among Bees”, in The American Bee Journal, volume LXIV, number 2, Hamilton, page 76