We are attempting to get a better understanding of just how bees find their way around out in the field. The key interest for us is how they find their way back home once they are out foraging somewhere. Do they always find their own home? Or do they sometimes end up in other nearby or not so nearby hive? When we had a class of students marking bees in small hives, many marked bees were found days later in the wrong hives. We would appreciate data, information, and especially literature references on how honey bee workers (or any other hymenopteran) find their way back home, and what might be their error in doing so thus ending up in the wrong hive...Thank you BEE-LINERS for your help... e.southwick, SOUTHWIK@Brock1P, FAX 716-395-2416