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Renowned biologists, Hölldobler and Wilson (2009) stated, “the essence of social existence is reciprocal, cooperative communication.” Similarly, Seeley (1995) emphasized “all biologists are keenly aware of the amazing adaptive responses of cells and organisms, and are awed by the complexity of the underlying mechanisms of cellular and organismal physiology. But probably few biologists recognize that evolution has likewise endowed certain animal societies with impressive abilities and has fashioned elaborate mechanisms of communication and control inside these societies to produce their remarkable group‐level skills.” Thus, advanced communication processes have evolved in honey bee colonies to coordinate interactions among its members and enable their intricate social organization. For example, honey bees have developed a complex system of communication strategies (including various dance behaviors, chemical messaging, vision and olfaction, and magnetic fields) to help them locate and store food, grow, build and maintain their colony, locate and defend their hive, attract other bees and for many other colony activities (Seeley 1995; Winston 1987).