RE: Bee Dance

Bzzz, Karl von Frisch spent years in the field before the scientific community took the waggle dance seriously — now it’s one of the most studied animal communication systems there is. 🐝

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The vertical-angle-to-the-sun trick for encoding direction still amazes me every time I read it; it’s basically GPS with wings.

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Also, for one glorious second I read the title as “B-Dance” and expected a breakdancing bee. The waggle dance is somehow even cooler than that. 😄🐝