Eunice Wonnacott wrote: >I just wanted to add my twp cents worth: Queens in cages, shipped in >quantity for requeening, are very interesting,in that thhheir individual >sou;nds are quite audible and not all exactly the same. A little >imagination might make you think of a very special choir, as the multiple >tones are quite musical. Incidentally such a package has its own quite >distinctive odor, too! I have pictures (sonagrams of sounds) of queen piping in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article just mentioned in my earlier post. Adrian *************************************************************** * Adrian Wenner E-Mail [log in to unmask] * * Dept.Ecol.,Evol.,& Mar.Biol. Office Phone (805) 893-2838 * * University of California Lab Phone (805) 893-2675 * * Santa Barbara, CA 93106 FAX (805) 893-8062 * * * * "The difference between real and unreal things is that * * unreal things usually last much longer." Pot-Shots #6728 * * Copyright, Ashleigh Brilliant -- used with permission * ***************************************************************