> Can bees hear? 0815 / 22 Feb. 1993 For those interested, a paper I published back in 1962 should be of interest: Communication with queen honeybees by substate sound. SCIENCE. 138: 446-448. I believe that paper contains the first direct evidence that bees can perceive and react predictably to sounds. A 1964 review article in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN shows some of the types of sounds produced by bees (210: 116-124). However, that was during the time that I believed bees had a "language" and when I was trying to determine the involvement of sound in that process. Times have now changed, however. Best wishes. Adrian M. Wenner Prof. of Natural History, Emeritus > I'll have to sheaf thru to find the ref. but I recall a recent > article showing evidence that bees indeed do hear. >