Despite their “areal fidelity” (“a strong tendency to forage at the nearest source for each floral species in the area”), “Eckert (1933) observed that bees from hives placed in a desert will fly as much as 13.7 kilometers to a food source if no other sources are closer to the hive” and that they “have a tendency to fly in only one or two major lines of flight [like Interstate Highways], neglecting similar forage plants in other directions” (The Hive and the Honey Bee 318). Yoon **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************