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Honeybees waggle to communicate. But to do it well, they need dance lessons

Without older sisters to practice with, young bees flub distances

a group of bees are photographed from above doing their waggle dance

A novel test of honeybees’ waggle dancing shows that they can learn to do it better.

Heather Broccard Bell

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

In a castaway test setup, groups of young honeybees figuring out how to forage on their own start waggle dancing spontaneously — but badly.