Jim,

No where did I say that we weren't measuring humidity or air flow - you
jumped to that conclusion, and you should know us better than that.

In fact, moisture more than heat seems to induce fanning.

And, the bees may be using their bodies for heat loading and transfer.

All in all, its not simple, and it takes time and money.  Bob Madsen's been
working on this for four summers now, and is narrowing in on the issues.

One of the problems with multiple probes and measured parameters, one can
drown in the data -- but you obviously know that from your SuperCollider work.

Bob and Del Kilgore's results raise as many questions as they answer, and
we don't have all the answers yet.  Just enough to know that many of the
"truths" in the literature about bees and air movements "aren't".  And yes,
you're right, bees take advantage of, don't change, the laws of physics.

However, if you're volunteering to come out and help Bob next summer, we'd
be glad to have your assistance and expertise.

On the other hand, I'm not going to engage in further speculation about how
the air moves.  I suffer enough from foot-in-mouth disease.  We'll let you
know when we figure out the data.

Jerry

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