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As an onlooker on this fascinating topic I am wondering what experiments the
amateur beekeeper, perhaps with an observation hive, could undertake to
investigate further the phenomenon of bees arriving at predicted places.
I suppose as a starting point one could use the 'Method, Result,
Conclusion.' way of working that I remember from schooldays, or 'I did this; that
happened; therefore this proves...'. But the controversy seems to be based upon a
disagreement as to what is proved when one follows a described method and
obtains a result.
Is this because the experimenter starts with his mind to some extent already
made up and therefore sees what he expects to see? As I constantly remind
people in my evidence-based work: everyone sees his own evidence through
rose-tinted spectacles (and wears blinkers to avoid inconvenient observations).
So what can an open-minded beekeeper do apart from listening to the wisdom
of his elders and betters?
Chris
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