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Honeybees share the location of food without speaking. When a worker bee finds flowers, it returns to the hive and performs a 'waggle dance' on the comb. The direction of the dance shows the angle of the food relative to the sun, and the length of the waggling shows how far away the food is. Other bees watch closely, then fly out in the right direction. This silent code lets the whole colony find food efficiently.

A honeybee tells the hive where food is by performing a ; the direction shows the angle to the , and a longer waggle means the food is away.

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