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When parents tell their children about the birds and the bees, they leave out the information that the male bee always dies after making love. This is surely a touchstone metaphor for at least a part of mankind. Yet until now, it has not been put across with wide-angle...
From the lists of outside scholars the Corporation has selected Karl von Frisch, the zoologist of Munich known for his studies of communication among bees and the American authority on international trade, Jacob Viner.
Vast new vistas of research have now opened up, says Dr. Esch. Since bees have no ears, do they hear with their antennae or organs under their abdomens? And do all species talk the same language? "The entire field,'' says the zoologist, "is pregnant with new discoveries."
When he thought he knew enough about the bees' talking dance. Dr. Esch rigged up an artificial bee and stuck it in a hive to repeat a dance that had been performed by a live scout bee. At the proper moment, a tiny loudspeaker emitted the proper recorded sounds...
Murdered Dummy. The workers did no such thing. After listening for a few seconds, one of them rushed over and furiously stabbed the dummy scout with her sting. Smelling the deathly odor of venom, the other bees withdrew. This ritual murder was repeated many times. Something was obviously wrong.