Honeybees use movement in specific patterns (waggle) that convey information about the location of a food source. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the waggle dance?
A) The waggle is "danced" by the queen bee.
B) Foragers waggle back and forth while moving forward. Then they circle back, repeat the waggle and circle back the other way.
C) Distance to the food source is conveyed by a waggle up the middle of the bee's circle.
D) If the food source is far away, the bee spends more time waggling up the middle of its circle.
E) Finding the food source that is at a 45° angle requires that the dancer's "line" be 45° to the left of vertical.
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