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Date: | Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:44:53 EST |
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the npr story was preceeded by an article in DISCOVER magazine's nov.1997
issue, which was a previous post on the list... the researcher, Barbara
Shipman, at the univ. of rochester(ny), working on the geometry of 6-D
flag manifold projections into 2-D hexagons recognized the pattern of the
bee dances (both round and waggle) emerging, and proceeds to extrapolate
a quantum mechanics/honeybee perception hypothesis that includes some
speculation about quarks...the quirky thing is that her father was a bee
researcher, she started college as a biochemistry major studying
honeybee larval hemolymph, and then switched to mathematics...maybe we
can lure her back to work on mite control?
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