Waggle dances show city bees have shorter commutes than country bees

A honeybee at Hampstead Heath London Michael Wald/ Alamy
An analysis of honeybee waggle dances shows that honeybees in central London don't have to travel as far to find food, as they do in rural areas.

Elli Leadbeater, University of London, said that we knew big cities were good places for bees. However, our study is helping to prove why. There are more sources of forage.

Leadbeater and Ash Samuelson visited 20 beehives every other week in the summer 2017 to record waggle dancing. The