UPSC Prelims 2023
Environment & Ecology
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?
Explanation
* The honey bee dance, also known as the waggle dance, is a form of communication performed by worker honey bees to other members of the honey bee colony. The waggle dance was famously decoded by Austrian scientist, Karl von Frisch.
* The direction the bee moves in relation to the hive indicates direction; if it moves vertically, the direction to the source is directly towards the Sun.
* The duration of the waggle part of the dance signifies the distance.
Hence, option (C) is the correct answer.