We've heard about robots that communicate with one another via wireless networks, in order to collaborate on tasks. Sometimes, however, such networks aren't an option. A new bee-inspired technique ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honeybee is performing the waggle dance in the center of this photo to communicate the location of a rich nectar source to its ...

For bees and other social insects, being able to exchange information is vital for the success of their colony. One way honeybees do this is through their waggle dance, which is a unique pattern of ...

Move over, Queen Bey, these pollinators may have you bee-t. Honey bees have a signature “waggle dance” — and researchers have discovered how the insects learn it. A new study published in the journal ...

A honeybee returning to its hive may appear to be moving at random, but every twist, turn and vibration can carry vital information. Rather than relying on sounds or scents alone, honeybees perform an ...

Biologists have learned several interesting patterns related to bee communication. One such observation was that bees have consistent, unique ways of dancing, meaning each bee has its own 'style' that ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Did you know that honey bees aren’t just buzzing around randomly? They’re actually dancing to communicate. A new study from Virginia Tech shows these “waggle dances” are more than ...

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A team of British scientists tracked honeybees by radar to solve an enduring controversy in zoology: whether bees communicate the source of food to each other by performing a waggle dance. In the ...

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 discover the true, ...

One way honeybees do this is through their waggle dance, which is a unique pattern of behavior, which probably evolved more than 20 million years ago. A bee's waggle dance tells its sisters in the ...