waggle dances

A form of waggle dance — A dance in the form of a figure eight performed by the honey bee in order to communicate the direction and distance of patches of flowers, water sources, etc. that are more than 100 metres distant from the hive.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of waggle dance
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