The Secret Bee Dance

A worker bee returns to the hive and performs a waggle dance. The dance's angle points toward food, and its length shows how far away the food is. Other bees use those signals to find it.

Detail 1: Dance angle shows direction
Detail 2: Dance length shows distance

Your question

What is the paragraph mainly explaining?

Lumi’s answer: “The main idea is that bees like flowers.”

Step 1 of 4

Find the wrong step

Find where the reasoning first breaks

Start with Step 1 and move downward. Choose the first line that stops making sense.

Later lines may be wrong too. Pick the first mistake.

Lumi’s work

These lines form one solution. Read them from top to bottom.

1
The paragraph mentions flowers as the food source.
2
Most details explain what the dance's angle and length communicate.
3
The most interesting single detail must be the main idea, so choose flowers.
4
The dance details are extra information.