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(Figure design: J. Tautz and M. Kleinhenz, Beegroup Würzburg.)

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English: Figure-Eight-Shaped Waggle Dance of the Honeybee (Apis mellifera). A waggle run oriented 45° to the right of ‘up’ on the vertical comb (A) indicates a food source 45° to the right of the direction of the sun outside the hive (B). The abdomen of the dancer appears blurred because of the rapid motion from side to side.

Constantine Wing Heng Lau marked "File:Waggle dance.png" as trusted on the "Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758" page.

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Constantine Wing Heng Lau commented on "File:Waggle dance.png":

The waggle dance is not limited to western honeybees. It is also found in all honeybee species in slight variations of frequency and magnitude.

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