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[engspangussian]

Spoiler for OH! maybe I got it...

bees gathering pollen? then the 'flower' and 'honey' clues make sense, and when bees return to the hive or 'house,' they shake and wiggle in a dance letting the other bees know where the pollen is (I think).

???

[Shakeepuddn]

Spoiler for OH! maybe I got it...

bees gathering pollen? then the 'flower' and 'honey' clues make sense, and when bees return to the hive or 'house,' they shake and wiggle in a dance letting the other bees know where the pollen is (I think).

???

And we have a winner!!!!

Spoiler for Answer and explication

Waggle Dance
The waggle dance is the incredible performance by a honey bee to inform all the other worker bees in the hive where a newly found nectar source is, i.e. the flowers. During the dance, the top of the hive represents the position of the sun, much like any two dimensional drawing of the compass points, where North would likewise be at the top. The initial direction of the dance relative to the top of the hive shows the angle from the actual sun. While surrounded by all other workers in the hive, the bee will waggle (shimmy) forward in a straight line for a distance and then loop around to the right in a waggle-free arc to begin the dance again, the second time turning left before returning to initial position. This process will continue until range and direction have been effectively communicated, the length of the dance determining approximate distance to the nectar source. When finished, the bees exit the hive in search of the flowers. On an interesting note, the stinger on honey bees actually used to be an egg-laying tube, that more pleasant purpose now defunct through evolutionary change. Thus, all worker bees, including those that seek out nectar, are in fact females, while the harmless male drones remain in the hive ministering to a singular royal requirement, namely . . . egg fertilization.

Check out the waggle dance:

[Magic_luver101]

Spoiler for could it be

your left foot AKA The Hokey Pokey

good riddle yours are allways good

[Grayven]

I got it with the rewrite, Shakee. Another gem.

[Shakeepuddn]

I got it with the rewrite, Shakee. Another gem.

Thanks Graven. I altered the "honey" term to "sweety" for my finalized version. If you read the explication you may have noticed I'm prepping these for possible publication. Who knows? I can do about five a day so I think it may be lucrative if there's an avid audience (other than here of course )

[colorclown26]

Thanks Graven. I altered the "honey" term to "sweety" for my finalized version. If you read the explication you may have noticed I'm prepping these for possible publication. Who knows? I can do about five a day so I think it may be lucrative if there's an avid audience (other than here of course )

I would buy a book of these!