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So the waggle dance is to point to the direction of the source in relation to the sun, correct? And I think distance is included in the dance too?

So will bees coming home with either nectar,...

We have a mango orchard here and a commercial one very close as well.
I've never seen bees on mango flowers. Often the mangoes bloom as the rains come and the rain knocks off a lot of the flowers...

All my hives have entrances at the top and bottom, and I've only seen the bees using the bottom entrances - except when they're cranky, then they'll fly out the top entrance to sting. They patrol and...

Does anybody know if or how they distinguish between what they are locating in their communications?

Not a strong hive, but I made up a five frame nuc from two separate colonies, and they fought like mad. Dead bees piled up outside within an hour or two, and then blocked the entrance by the next...

I watched two swarms issue this spring. Neither of them did that. Also saw a swarm that went out of the hive, swirled around, then went back in.

Speaking as a beginner myself;

Telling them how easy it is to raise an emergency queen, and the difficulties involved (wrong season?)
Telling them they could combine that queenless colony with...

I don't know your location or seasons, but what about an artificial swarm;

Queen in new box, move old boxes away, shake bees in front of new hive. Either leave old colony with one queen cell, or...