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Like its banyan tree, which drops roots from its branches to anchor itself firmly in the earth, Florida is reaching out to broaden its growing base. No longer does the state suggest a congeries of retired queen bees, living unproductive Jives on husbands' insurance and making the worker bees...
Among scientific apiarists. Austrian-born Dr. Karl von Frisch of the University of Munich is widely icgarded as the know-all of the bee-alls. More than 20 years ago. Von Frisch discovered that bees communicate in a highly complex code by dancing on the honeycomb. A decade ago.
he deciphered part of their choreographic language, reported that scout bees use different dance steps to tell a swarm of workers the location of a nectar trove and the richness of the find.
Von Frisch reported that when one of Yugoslavia's Carniolan bees does her "wagtail dance." shaking her abdomen while walking a figure eight, it means that food is more than 300 ft. away. When an Italian bee does the same step, it means that the pollen is more than...
The dean of apiarists concluded that the Carniolan bee is the most energetic, produces the most honey. The Italian bee he found less vivacious and easily distracted. But Von Frisch was quick to warn against comparing the behavior of his honeybees with the human inhabitants of the same regions. "Look...