Bees most definitely do not dance like no one is watching. A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

Honeybees do not simply broadcast directions to food and hope for the best. A new experimental study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that foraging bees adjust ...

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 ...

So, Tan and colleagues put the audience effect to the test by using an aspirator to remove spectator bees while a bee was dancing (rude, but good science). They then tested two small audience types: ...

National Geographic has documentary fans – and I’m among them – buzzing with curiosity. Because “Secrets of the Bees,” one of ...

Honey bees don’t just perform their famous waggle dance to share directions, they actually adjust how well they dance depending on who’s watching. Researchers found that when fewer bees pay attention, ...

The precision of their "waggle dance" fluctuates depending on audience size and who’s in attendance, according to the findings. Scientists have in recent years carefully deciphered details of the ...

Honeybees fly consistent, landmark-guided routes with remarkable precision, revealing better navigation than their waggle dance suggests.