Grooming dance

"Shaking dance" redirects here. For the Macedonian folk dance, see Tresenica.

A grooming dance, grooming invitation dance or shaking dance is a dance performed by honeybees to initiate allogrooming. It was first reported in 1945 by biologist Mykola H. Hadak.^[1] An increase in the frequency of the grooming dance has been observed among the bees of mite-infested colonies,^[2] and among bees who have been dusted with small particles of chalk dust.^[3]

See also

• Bee learning and communication
• Tremble dance
• Waggle dance