Honey bee dancing, perhaps the most intriguing aspect of
their biology, is also one of the most fascinating behaviors
in animal life. Performed by a worker bee that has returned
to the honey comb with pollen or nectar, the dances, in
essence, constitute a language that "tells" other workers
where the food is. By signaling both distance and direction
with particular movements, the worker bee uses the dance
language to recruit and direct other workers in gathering
pollen and nectar.