Julian O'Dea said:

>> James Fischer:
>> Explain how a "locality odor" gets back to the hive on a
>> single bee, and explain how the other bees can detect this
>> odor on the bee among all the other odors on all the other
>> bees that have arrived within the last few minutes.

> Julian O'Dea: A bee that dances attracts other bees that
> detect the odour on the bee.

Not at all responsive, given the detail level of the
question, and the number of related questions posed.

Let's break just this one question down into easier pieces
in hopes of getting specific and responsive answers:

  a) Explain how a "locality odor" gets back to the hive

  b) on a single bee

  c) explain how the other bees can detect this odor on the bee
     among all the other odors on all the other bees.

But let's also go further, given the response offered:

  d) Is direct contact required to detect the odor?

  e) If not, how can the dancing bee's odor be isolated
     from the odors of the other nearby bees?

  f) If direct contact IS required, how then do bees that
     never make direct contact with the dancing bee happen
     to make a foraging sortie, and arrive at (roughly)
     the same place?

These are very basic questions about the mechanism claimed
to be at work.

The answers should be easy.
So should be comparing them to observations.


                        jim

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