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The bee waggle dance is a unique communication method used by honey bees to share the location of food sources with hive mates. Inside the hive, a forager bee performs this dance on the honeycomb, waggling its abdomen in a straight line to indicate the distance to the food source, while the angle of this waggle relative to vertical represents the direction relative to the sun. Following bees interpret this dance, picking up the scent of the nectar from the dancer to locate the food, demonstrating a remarkable example of non-verbal communication that enhances the hive's foraging efficiency.