Learning in the honey bee waggle dance

The waggle dance of honey bees is a classic example of complex behavior and communication in animals. Despite long being considered a completely fixed and innate behavior, recent work is showing a role for social learning in tuning components of the waggle dance in naive bees.

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The waggle dance of honey bees is a complex behavior that involves communication. Recent research has shown that social learning plays a role in adjusting components of this dance in inexperienced bees.