For more info on bee dances, see:

        Kirchner, et al.
        "The silent dances of the Himalayan honeybee"
        in: Apidologie, #27, pp. 329-330 (1996)

        quote:  "Dance communication is found not only in A mellifera but in all
species of honeybee studied so far. We observed the dances, determined the
flight range and recorded and analyzed sounds emitted by worker bees."

        Tom Seeley
        "The Wisdom of the Hive"
        Harvard University Press (1995)

        quote:  "Bees following the dance learn the distance to the (flower)
patch, the direction it lies in, and the odor of the flowers, and can
translate this information into a flight to the specified patch."


Peter Borst
Apiary Technician
Dyce Honeybee Lab
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY  14853
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