Move over, Queen Bey, these pollinators may have you bee-t. Honey bees have a signature “waggle dance” — and researchers have discovered how the insects learn it. A new study published in the journal ...

A honeybee is performing the waggle dance in the center of this photo to communicate the location of a rich nectar source to its nestmates. Heather Broccard-Bell, CC BY-ND The Greek historian ...

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Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...

Passing down shared knowledge from one generation to the next is a hallmark of culture and allows animals to rapidly adapt to a changing environment. While widely evident in species ranging from human ...

When a honey bee returns to the nest after foraging for food, it breaks into dance. Moving in a figure-eight shape while shaking its abdomen helps the bee communicate to others how far away the ...

For a bee to be successful, it needs to shake its honey maker. Scientists have long known honey bees jiggle their bodies to let nestmates know the location of nearby nectar and pollen. Bees ...

May 3, 2006 -- -- Finding a new home can be a difficult process, but any family wanting to do so intelligently -- without trying to kill each other -- might benefit by learning how to do the waggle ...

Light from cars, homes, and street lamps may be keeping bees up at night, according to a new study. Honey bees prefer to sleep in the dark recesses of their hive, but on hot nights they will instead ...