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Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language – bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills

  • Written by James C. Nieh, Associate Dean and Professor of Biology, University of California, San Diego
Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language – bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skillsA 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 Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a misguided forbidden experiment in which two children were prevented from hearing human speech so that a king could...

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