Word: combs
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DiSalle also got help from President Truman. The President ordered all Government agencies to contribute lawyers, economists and other experts to the ESA until its own staff is complete, and authorized DiSalle to use FBI men and other Government investigators to comb the country for price-control violators. With that kind of help, the OPS hoped to root out violators early and punish them heavily (maximum penalty under the law: a year in jail, $10,000 fine) to discourage other violators. "There will be no wrist-slapping," promised a price official...
When the scout bee enters the hive, he says, it climbs to a section of comb and starts a stylized dance. Other bees gather around, caressing the scout with their touch-and-smell antennae. The scout bee's odor, picked up from the flower it has robbed, tells them what sort of flower they should look...
...scout bee dances on the same spot, whirling first to the right, then to the left, it is telling the other bees that a honey source lies close to the hive. As they swarm out eagerly to look for it, the scout bee goes to another comb to tell the news to still more of its hive-mates...
...polarized.* This tells the position of the sun even when the sun is not directly visible. When the scout bee steps forward during its wagging dance, the direction in which it steps tells the other bees where to fly. If it moves vertically upward on the comb face they know they should fly toward the sun, guided by polarized sky light. A run 60° away from vertical tells them to fly 60° to the left of the sun. Careful experiments show, says Dr. von Frisch, that bees briefed by the honey dance seldom deviate more than...
...Named for the fabled siren who sat atop the rock, clad chiefly in her golden tresses which she kept combing with a golden comb. This was calculated to distract sailors, who invariably foundered their boats on the rock and drowned...