Which of the following organisms perform waggle dance for others of their kin to indicate the direction and the distance to a source of their food?
✓ Correct answer: c) Honey Bees
ExplanationThe waggle dance is a unique form of communication performed by honey bees (Apis mellifera) to convey information about the direction and distance of food sources, water, or poten- tial nesting sites to other members of their hive.Worker honey- bees, all of which are females, constitute the only bees typically observed flying outside the hive by the general populace.Bees perform two distinct types of dances: The Round Dance and the Tail-wagging or Waggle Dance.The waggle dance of honeybees has long been recognized as a behaviour that communicates in- formation about resource location from a foraging worker to her nest mates.28
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