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The dance language and orientation of bees

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Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967 - Nature - 566 pages

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I remember reading this book in Oxford. I remember cycling to the natinonal history museum and watching the activity of the bee hive they keep there. Read full review

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Contents

I
3
The Round Dance as a Means of Communication
28
The pollen collectors
34
Copyright

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Tanzsprache und Orientierung der Bienen
Tanzsprache und Orientierung der Bienen
Karl von Frisch
Snippet view - 1967
The dance language and orientation of bees
The dance language and orientation of bees
Karl von Frisch
Snippet view - 1993
The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees
The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees
Karl Von Frisch
No preview available - 1993

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TitleThe dance language and orientation of bees
AuthorKarl von Frisch
PublisherBelknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967
Original fromUniversity of Minnesota
Digitized4 Mar 2010
Length566 pages
Subjects ›  ›  › 

Animal orientation
Bees
Bees/ Behavior
Bees/ Orientation
Honeybee
Insects
Nature / Animals / Insects & Spiders
Nature / Insects & Spiders
Pets / General
Science / Life Sciences / Biology
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
  
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