Marc Sevigny wrote:
>
> First flights?  They are not made until the bee has considerable
> experience inside the hive.  Who knows?  Maybe they do 'see' a waggle
> dance before they go out.
>
> [Marc Sevigny]  Do they ever *see* them?  It is completely dark inside the hive, so they must be "sensing" the dance rather than "seeing" it.  Right?
 
 
On the other hand....
 
        Have you ever been in a dark hall, for instance, while a closed door,
not quite down to the floor in length, has a light on in the room on the
other side of the door?  I expect if you were to lie down at eye level
to the opening, you might see quite a lot of the contents of the room.
(Walk a mile in the other's moccasins?)  From the perspective of the bee
walking on the bottom board, there may indeed be quite a lot of light
there.  There could even be a special odor, to signal these particular
bees to come to the light, to get the message??  There is so much we do
not know.....That's what makes it so interesting.
 
Eunice