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Re: Accidental DL Experiment?
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Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:16:26 -0400
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Scott L Wiegel wrote:

>>From this accidental experiment I am absolutely convinced that the bees
> can smell the honey and that it was a powerful inducement for all the
> hives

The issue is not that bees can or cannot detect odor. It how they use it
and if it is the thing that directs them to a nectar source.

If I am downwind of a big mac, I will know it is there. If I am upwind I
will not. The issue is if a friend finds it, how does he direct me to it.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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