Why do honeybees do waggle dances?

Answer: Communicating flower locations

Communicating flower locations ✓ — Correct! The waggle dance is a map! The angle of the dance relative to the sun shows direction. The duration of the waggle shows distance. Even the vigor indicates food quality! Other bees decode this dance and fly straight to the flowers. It's one of nature's most complex communication systems!

Exercising after long flights — Wrong. The dance is deliberate communication, not exercise. Bees that just returned are giving directions to other foragers about where to find food.

Competing for queen's attention — Wrong. Worker bees don't compete for the queen's attention. The waggle dance is purely functional—sharing food source locations with sister workers.