Passage: 'Honeybees communicate the location of food through a movement known as the waggle dance. A forager that has found nectar returns to the hive and moves in a figure-eight pattern. The angle of the straight part of the dance, measured against the vertical, shows the direction of the food relative to the sun, and the length of the waggle indicates the distance. Karl von Frisch received a Nobel Prize in 1973 for decoding this behaviour.' What is the main topic of the passage?
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Correct answer: B. How honeybees use dance to share information about food
The passage explains the waggle dance and what it communicates.
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