Observed uncritically, bees may be thought to fly erratically and without direction – that they are randomly experiencing the world rather than intentionally navigating it. However, for more than a century, scientists have observed that honeybees exhibit specific flight patterns known as "waggle dances" and "round dances" to communicate and navigate their surroundings. These dance patterns help bees convey important information about the quality, distance, and direction of food sources, enabling other bees in the colony to locate and exploit those resources.