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Date: | Wed, 1 Jun 2011 17:48:16 -0400 |
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I was waiting for some else to address this. Unlike insects such as
grasshoppers, bees don't have a tympanum (a form of ear).
Until recently, many thought bees did not possess 'hearing'. That
viewpoint has been modified. We now know they perceive substrate (comb)
vibrations, and as such, probably have a form of hearing for at least, low frequency
sounds. Also, one would imagine that queen piping has a function.
Do bees hear? Probably. Is it like mammalian hearing - probably not.
General agreement seems to be, many of the sounds we as humans hear, those
that are transmitted through the air, are probably not perceived to any
extent by bees. But, I'll bet they perceive the booming bass of a teenager's
car blaring rap, where you yourself can feel the bass thump. Same may be
true of when the lawn mower rattles by too close to the hive.
Jerry
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