Figure 52.16 The Honey Bee Waggle Dance (A) A honey bee (Apis mellifera) runs straight up on the vertical surface of the honeycomb in the dark hive while wagging her abdomen to tell her hivemates that there is a food source in the direction of the sun. (B) When her waggle runs are at an angle from the vertical, the other bees know that the same angle separates the direction of the food source from the direction of the sun.