In Karl von Frisch's book Bees their vision, chemical senses,and Language.
in the chapter about senses he writes about attracting bee to specific flowers.
Page 63 "They (bees) obtain this information from the scent of the flowers
which adheres to the bodies of the dancing bees.  If we feed some bees at
an artificial feeding place which the scent of the flowers that we wish
them to visit, the foraging bees will perform their dances in the hive and
stimulate other bees, which will fly out in search of the same odor and
thus reach flowers of the same species."
He later describes the feeding box," The box was divided into three
compartments; the middle one contained flowers...and the other contained
the food.  To reach the sugar the bees were obliged to creep through these
flowers thus their bodies were certain to become heavily scented.
Afterwards they danced in the hive,..."
Later he writes about an increase in red clover crop of 40 % by weight
using this method (47) and confirmed by von Rhein, ( 57).
"procedures of this kind can be useful to beekeepers as well as to farmers.
...we found that when bees were directed to seek for certain flowers the
yield of honey could be increased by 50 % or more if they were guided in
this way to flowers which were supplying a rich source of nectar."
Now to my point and question: " In the actual employment of these methods
one must pay careful attention to some factors which I cannot discuss here
in detail.  Unless these are known, one will not always be successful.
That is probably why this method of ' guiding by odor' has been adopted in
only a few countries."
So.  Is Karl von Frisch still around?  Are these methods published elsewhere?
Is there anyone out there on the web that has knowledge of this method that
can share it with us?
 
 
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Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except
the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you
to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he
giveth his beloved sleep. Psalm 127:1-2 kjv
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