Fascinating, Bill. I'm tempted to build one of those just for my own entertainment. Walter Weller Post Office Box 270 Wakefield, Louisiana 70784 <[log in to unmask]> >I once built a simple maze for the bees. Had it at the County fair in >Maryland USA. I had the observation hive with a pipe to the outside. >Also had the maze with an outside pipe too, next to the pipe for the >obs. >hive. A little honey on the pipe at the entrance to the maze got the >bees >started. The maze had three sections with moveable glass over each >section. Each section had a block, which was a different color and it >was >removable also. The blocks could be swapped around to change the >maze. A >top to a plastic tub was put in at the front and as the bees located >the >honey, in it I moved it to the next section of the maze. I could have >done >quite a bit of studying with that thing, but at the fair I didn't have >time. > >But I was just facinated with that thing as I watched the bees >manuever >through the thing. And when I moved the blocks around the bees would >try >to go the same way as before until they figuired out that it had >changed. >I watched some bees ( as much as I had time for) and they never seemed >to >find their way. Of course my observations were for only a short time >and >in no way constituted any scientific evidence. > >The one thing the public liked about it was that while the bees were >feeding on the honey, you could remove the glass and pet the bees! >The >kids were simply amazed. > >And you know what else --- the bees didn't fly when they filled up >with >the honey ---- they walked out the same way they came in. > >billy bee > > > >---------- >> From: Stan Sandler > >Remarkably, bees can be taught to >> navigate a maze in only 6 times the length of time that it takes to >teach >a >> rat (on average). >> >> >