2023 · EnvironmentPrevious Year Question
Q25.
Which of the following organisms perform waggle dance for others of their kin to indicate the direction and the distance to a source of their food?
A. Butterflies
B. Dragonflies
C. Honeybees
D. Wasps
Answer

C

Explanation

honey bee dance – also known as the waggle dance, a form of communication performed by worker honey to other members of the honey bee colony. The dance was famously decoded by Austrian Karl von Frisch. waggle dance - the direction the bee moves in to the hive indicates direction; if it moves the direction to the source is directly towards Sun. The duration of the waggle part of the dance the distance. Hence option (c) is the correct