On the left most comb (near the front of the hive) I witnessed the Waggle Dance of a honeybee! For those not familiar, it is the honeybee's method for communicating the location of nectar/pollen outside the hive to the members inside. Vertical (on the comb) is the placement of the sun, and the angle at which they do their vibrating figue-eight pattern shares the location of the nourishment. Please visit this YouTube link for a 55 second video explaination - very cool.
http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/Thumbnails/showimage.cfm?File_name=Hyme009b&File_type=gif
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