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Waggle Dance. Bees forage and scout for the most appropriate nectar for the hive and communicate the location of said treasures in a remarkably calculated way. Western honeybees perform one of two dances upon returning from a successful food foray. The two dances correlate to relative distance from the hive, with ‘waggle dance’ relating to far away food, and the ‘round dance’ (a shorter version of the waggle dance) means that food is closer by. The intensity and speed of the dance stand for the quality of the pollen and nectar; faster and more frenzied means more delectable meal stuffs.
Other indicators, such as how many turns the bee takes during the dance correlate to the direction of the food.
On top of the visible dance, bees communicate through an odor system. The returning scout carries the scent of the bounty she finds and shares it with her allies. They can then piece together the correct route using the scent of the meal as well as the directions gleaned from the dance. 
In this way the waggle dance correlates to exactitude in its extreme use of differing movements that create a roadmap; ‘order out of [seeming] noise (the dance).’

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