As an onlooker on this fascinating topic I am wondering what experiments  the 
amateur beekeeper, perhaps with an observation hive, could undertake to  
investigate further the phenomenon of bees arriving at predicted places.
 
I suppose as a starting point one could use the 'Method, Result,  
Conclusion.' way of working that I remember from schooldays, or 'I did this;  that 
happened; therefore this proves...'. But the controversy seems to be based  upon a 
disagreement as to what is proved when one follows a described method and  
obtains a result.
 
Is this because the experimenter starts with his mind to some extent  already 
made up and therefore sees what he expects to see?  As I constantly  remind 
people in my evidence-based work: everyone sees his own evidence through  
rose-tinted spectacles (and wears blinkers to avoid inconvenient  observations).
 
So what can an open-minded beekeeper do apart from listening to the wisdom  
of his elders and betters?
 
Chris

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