Waggle Dance Decoder
Set the sun's compass bearing and the dance angle on the comb — decode the real-world direction to the food source.
Vertical comb face
up
Sun's compass bearing:
90°
(
E
)
Dance angle from vertical:
40°
(right of up)
Waggle run duration:
1.5s
Food source direction:
130° (SE)
Estimated distance:
~750 m
Rule: real-world bearing = sun's bearing + dance angle (clockwise positive). Duration-to-distance uses an illustrative ~500 m/second scale, not the exact honeybee calibration.