"The Scent of the Waggle Dance", Thom et al. 2007
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050228

"waggle-dancing bees produce and release two alkanes, tricosane and pentacosane, and two alkenes, Z-(9)-tricosene and Z-(9)-pentacosene, onto their abdomens and into the air. [...] these compounds are semiochemicals involved in worker recruitment."

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The Scent of the Waggle Dance

Waggle-dancing honey bees, in addition to attracting nest mates to a food source, also release a scent that recruits more workers to the advertised site.