organisms perform waggle dance upsc prelims 2023

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?

        (a)   Butterflies

        (b)   Dragonflies

        (c)   Honeybees

        (d)   Wasps

ans C

  • Honey bees use a complex form of spatial referential communication. Their “waggle dance” communicates the direction, distance, and quality of a resource to nestmates by encoding celestial cues, retinal optic flow, and relative food value into motion and sound within the nest.