Honeybees Waggle Dance (IMAGE)

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Honeybees Waggle Dance

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Left: To inform their hivemates about the location of profitable flowers, a honeybee performs the waggle dance with specific vibration patterns. Right: Composite image of three interneurons in the honeybee brain which show unique responses to such vibrations.

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Courtesy of Ai et al.

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