First Observations as a New Beekeeper - Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper - page 52

STEPS OF THE WAGTAIL DANCE
The round dance is a simpler circular dance that is performed for food sources close
to the hive, and the more complicated wagtail dance describes more distant sources.
Multiple foragers may be found dancing simultaneously for their fellow workers at
the hive. One worker's dance may tell of nectar sources, and another of water sources.
The workers at the hive may watch several dances before leaving to find one of these
sources. Often the new foragers will not locate the source immediately, but they have
the ability to investigate a general area until they locate the specific site. Using their
five eyes and their keen sense of smell, channeled through their antennae, these highly
intelligent creatures then return to the hive and recruit more foragers. And the dancing
continues.
THE GROOMING DANCE
The grooming dance is another form of communication. A honeybee dances to tell an-
other bee that she needs grooming. In this dance, the bee rocks her body from side to
side with her legs spread apart. The movement lasts only a few seconds, until another
bee begins grooming her to remove pollen or mites.