[log in to unmask] wrote:  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.
 
So what can an open-minded beekeeper do apart from listening to the wisdom  of his elders and betters?
 
If  you have an observation hive, you would then start with a  hypothesis.  Then mark a goodly number of your field bees just  like we do our queens.  You might even use four or five different  colors so that you could detect recruitment of different bees from your  observation hive.  Have two people doing the observations, one at  the observation hive and one at the target "nectar" source.  I  could go into detail but part of the fun is figuring out how to conduct  your experiment.
  
  Mike in LA
  
  

		
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