Honeybee Waggle Dance
Honeybees communicate the location of food sources through an intricate "waggle dance." When a foraging bee returns to the hive with good news, it performs this dance to indicate the direction and distance of the food. Researchers have now discovered that young bees must learn this dance by watching older, experienced bees. Bees raised in isolation can perform only a crude version of the dance, suggesting that cultural learning plays a vital role even in insect societies.
What is the main point the text makes about honeybee communication?
Detailed Explanation
Choice C is correct. The text emphasizes that "young bees must learn this dance by watching older, experienced bees" and bees in isolation perform only a "crude version."
Key Evidence:
• "must learn...by watching older bees"
• "cultural learning plays a vital role"
Why others are wrong: A (too general), B (contradicts text—it must be learned), D (too extreme—they can do a crude version).