Honey bee process of search and explore food and communicate other honeybees in hive, explained in infographic chart, step by step.
Explore food
A honeybee finds a food source while out exploring
Location
Honey bee returns to hive to communicate its location
Path and Direction
Using the sun's position as a guide, honey bee waggles (wobble) the body, as signal for other honey bees, in the direction of the food source.
The food's distance is communicated by adding extra shuffles. It as been estimated that for every 100 meters from its home, the honey bee will waggle dance for an additional 75 milliseconds..
Waggle Dance for Food
The more plentiful the food source, the longer the waggle dance will last
Honeybee raid
After receiving the directions, the rest of the colony can fly off to harvest the newly found supplies
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