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Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:58:19 -0500
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Hello Adrian and All,

Adrian wrote:
> Try also:
> http://www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/sci1964.htm

Interesting hypothesis Adrian. Twenty years trying to prove Von Frisch
incorrect. Wow!

 I had to chuckle at Adrian saying Von Frish kept the recordings of bees
Adrian sent . Used the tapes and did not give Adrian credit for the work.

Is there no honor among researchers?

Quote from pg. 285 of the new  "Hive and the Honey Bee" by Adrian Wenner:

"a train of pulsed sounds is made at the low frequency of 250-300 Hertz with
a pulse duration of about 20 milliseconds and a rep frequency of approx. 30
per second".

We all know these sounds are inaudible to the human ear (reason I never
heard the sounds).

Are you saying Adrian that because you have got tape recordings of workers
making sounds inaudible to the human ear while doing the waggle dance that
workers are capable of piping?

Have you got a tape recording of a worker piping?

Do workers make the same sound as the queen piping in your opinion Adrian?

I skimmed your research papers and could not pull up the first page you
posted.

 Did I miss a page on workers making the piping sound?

I certainly have not got the knowledge on the subject as you do but you have
aroused my curiosity. I certainly do not have the experience to say which
hypothesis is correct. I suspect both to a degree.

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison

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