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An inside look at a honeybee hive, including the labors of the queen, worker bees and drones, and remarkable close-up footage of the honeybee’s “waggle dance,” a method of providing directions to a pollen source that is the only known symbolic language existing outside of humans and lower primates. From the “NATURE” season premiere “Silence of the Bees,” airing on PBS Sunday, October 28 at 8 pm (check local listings). Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham narrates “NATURE,” the …

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The highly synchronized mating dance of the flamingo, just one of many surprising animals hidden among the Andes. From the NATURE premiere of “Andes: The Dragon’s Back,” airing on PBS Sunday, Oct. 7 at 8 pm (check local listings). Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham narrates the program, which reveals a wonderland of exotic creatures and extreme climates within the world’s longest mountain chain. Part of the 25th anniversary season of NATURE, the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning …

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