That's not anthropomorphism. It's simply describing behaviour in a way we understand - it is not ascribing human emotions to them. Kitta On 25 January 2013 17:09, Jerry Bromenshenk <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ... > > > As a scientist and biologist, I was taught to avoid anthropomorphosism. > ... > However, in the world of discussions of honey bees, that rule is routinely > violated, and no one seems to notice. Division of labor, nurse bees, queen > piping, dance language ...... > > The list is LONG. > > Jerry > *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm