Mr James Fischer:
Pretty darn good for a brain the size of a pinhead,

Reply:
But relative to the size of a bee's head, still pretty big. So bees smell which they then use for determining work to be done is being inferred.

 But could this be tied in with the dancing/communicating, and/or other bees scouting by walking around and observing, and then letting the other bees in hive know what is needed via communication aka dancing again? But then what really is communication in a beehive? Seems much still needs to be researched and learned. But with dancing: is it all external based for foraging, or could it be internal needs for going and getting?....or combination thereof?  

Dee A. Lusby




      

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