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Here’s your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Dancing Queen Bees.

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The…original working title of the ABBA song.

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Here’s a passage about an experiment performed on the communication of honey bees.

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The chemicals produced by the waggle dance can be equated to…what?

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Here are your potential answers…

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Sounds like we’re being asked to describe what the waggle dance chemicals do,

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and liken it to something WE do.

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Option A, people swing dancing. Hey, isn’t it supposed to be something we actually do?

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Sorry, test, but swing is dead.

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Option B, people talking.

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This one sounds about right—

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the chemicals produced by the waggle dance are used to communicate information.

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Options C and D are “people bowling” and “people eating.”

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While those activities can produce smells in some individuals, that’s

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not at all what the waggle dance is for.

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There we have it: option B’s our answer.

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Isn’t it nice how we were able to communicate that without having to smell each other?

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