when a honey bee has located a food source that lies more then 150 meters away, it implements a "waggle dance." First, the forager runs forward in a straight line, vibrating its body so its back section appears to wag.
It then loops outward in a semicircle to return to the starting point, after wich it moves forward again in the same fashion and semicircles back on opposite side.
The distance of the forager's run during the waggle dance is proportional to the distance of the food source--the longer the run, the farther the pollen. In addition, the angle of run describes the direction of the source, explaining its location in relation to position of the sun. For example, if the pollen located toward the sun, the forager traces a vertical line directly up the hive wall. If the pollen is located in the opposite direction from the sun, the forager runs straight down the well. Otherwise, the angle of the pollen's location relative to the sun is reflected in the angle of the waggle run.