V. Frisch had already experimentally confirmed, in his first study on
honeybee-recruitment, (published in an extensive summary in 1923), that
recruits use odor! No one ever did, or could experimentally confirm that
they use any spatial information about the location iof any food. (See my
latest response to Fischer.)

All statements, (including Beekman's), that are based on the utterly
groundless assumption that honeybee-recruits use spatial information, (which
scientists alone can extract from honeybee-dances), are, therefore, pure,
unadulterated, nonsense!

As for human intelligence, you bet we are far more intelligent than any
other living organisms! This conclusion is anything, but biased. Can you
imagine any other living organism having the discussion we are having here
now? Or, maybe you expect honeybees to one day construct an air-ship that
will land on the moon?

The problem is that humans are also capable of being stupid, and when they
are being stupid their stupidity far surpasses that of any other living
organism!


-- 
Sincerely,
Ruth Rosin ("Prickly pear")

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