At last one statement of the crux of the debate..

>>"Thus, although the dance of the honeybee contains locational information
about
>>food sources, it is not necessary to assume that bee dances convey this
information
>>to other bees. "

Quite a few experiments have tagged the attendants from the dance and
watched them arrive at the food.  Why would this not demonstrate
communication?

What about the mechanical bee .. it was able to recruit