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...scout bee cannot smell flowers at any great distance; its odor perception is about as sharp as a man's. But when it alights on a flower to which it has been attracted by sight, it is so close to the flower's scent glands that very faint odors are perceptible. Most flowers have "scent spots," which the bee feels out with the organs of smell on its antennae. The scent spots lead the scout to the cups where the nectar lies...
...does it tell and what does it tell? By elaborate experiments over many years, Dr. von Frisch deciphered some phases of bee language. A scout bee, he says, can tell its fellows what kind of flower contains the honey-trove, in what direction it lies, and how far away...
...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...
...Staff Chiefs Bradley, Sherman and Vandenberg went up on their own. "Missing it," explained Sherman, "might have caused more of a flurry than going.") A special pilot engine, tugging three cars full of Secret Service agents and railroad detectives, pulled out five minutes ahead of the presidential special to scout out possible sabotage along the 133-mile...
...West Point, undefeated Army, the nation's No. i team, over New Mexico, 51-0, without the help of Head Coach Earl Blaik, who took the day off to scout Navy...