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... honeybee does code certain informa- tion . For example , the stronger the drop of sugar the more frenzied the dance and the longer its duration . Furthermore , the hungrier the fly , the more active and sustained the dance . One has ...
... honeybee does code certain informa- tion . For example , the stronger the drop of sugar the more frenzied the dance and the longer its duration . Furthermore , the hungrier the fly , the more active and sustained the dance . One has ...
Page 87
... honeybee's Waggle Dance . Perhaps if we could understand more about these primitive dances we could come closer to comprehending the dance " language " of the honeybee . Ours is the path between two blades of grass Josef 87.
... honeybee's Waggle Dance . Perhaps if we could understand more about these primitive dances we could come closer to comprehending the dance " language " of the honeybee . Ours is the path between two blades of grass Josef 87.
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... some insects , notably the honeybee and the ant , are able to orient on cloudy days when the sun is not clearly visible . This accomplishment so confounded early biologists that they proposed all sorts of theories even including the 94.
... some insects , notably the honeybee and the ant , are able to orient on cloudy days when the sun is not clearly visible . This accomplishment so confounded early biologists that they proposed all sorts of theories even including the 94.
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