Townsville City Council staff have been busy bees practicing how to do the waggle dance! 🐝 This dance is based on Honeybees and the way they communicate in a dance language called the waggle dance to point out the location of resources that keep the hive alive. Make sure you join us at Eco Fiesta on Sunday 5 June, as we attempt to break the world record for most people waggling at once! For more information about the event, visit: https://bit.ly/3pJF7M7 Cr Maurie Soars - Division 8 Townsville D

🐝 Did you know bees dance to communicate? When a forager finds a new nectar source, she returns to the hive and performs a waggle or round dance to show the exact location — using the sun and hive as reference points. She even shares a taste of the nectar so others can recognise it by scent. All of this happens in total darkness! 🌸✨ #BeeFacts #NatureIsWild #SaveTheBees | Flow Hive

One way that bees communicate is by dancing! Do you see the bee shaking its abdomen and walking around in circles inside the hive? This is called a ‘waggle dance’ and it is how bees let each other know where to find the best sources for food, water, propolis and even new hive sites. ⁣ ⁣ The duration of the dance indicates the distance to the source—the longer the dance, the farther away it is. The angle of the dance indicates the direction to the source in relation to the hive’s location and the