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Re: Resumption of brood rearing
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James Fischer <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:17:21 -0500
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> Bees do not have hearing as such, although 
> they have great sensitivity to vibrations.

Google "bees airborne sound", and you'll find a number of good studies showing that bees can hear airborne sound, and that it has an important role in their lives, such as this one:

Journal of Comparative Physiology A
January 1991, Volume 168, Issue 1, pp 85-89
Hearing in honeybees: operant conditioning and spontaneous reactions to airborne sound
Kirchner, Dreller, Towne 

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00217106

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