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How can a honeybee tell her friends where the flowers are without saying a word? Imagine hiding a toy for a friend. You'd point the way and tell them how far to go. Honeybees share those two clues, too. When a honeybee finds food, she returns to the hive and does a waggle dance-a dance that carries a message. The wiggle isn't just movement. It's directions. Here's how to read them: the angle of her wiggle tells her friends which way to fly in relation to the sun. And how long she wiggles tells them how far the flowers are. One clue says which way; the other says how far. It's like pointing your friend toward the toy, then giving them enough steps to find it. So how does she guide her friends without talking? Her dance is the pointing and the steps.