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Date: | Wed, 13 Jul 2016 09:04:28 -0400 |
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> As I have said before, in my view, sound perception and "hearing"
> are not the same thing. Following Alexander Luria,
> "In order to hear and understand what is said, one must be able
> to recognize the different sounds."
Well, bees clearly can recognize the specific sound of queen piping, which
is a fairly unique and highly consistent set of musical notes (G-sharp and
A-natural). They recognize this well enough to "freeze" to listen. Other
notes, even closely adjacent ones like G-natural and B-flat (same as
"A-sharp"), even frequencies that are off by more than a few hertz will not
catch their attention.
A-natural is 440 Hz, that's the "tuning up note" that all orchestras use,
which is what struck me when I first hear queen piping. G-sharp is 415
point something hertz. As I remember, more than 10 or 20 Hz off, and the
bees ignored the "queen piping" as a random sound.
So, while some beekeepers may not understand, the bees certainly do.
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