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... honeybee has received better notices than other insects so most of you are undoubtedly already familiar with its performance . A foraging honeybee , having stumbled afield upon a bountiful supply of nectar , behaves rather differently ...
... honeybee has received better notices than other insects so most of you are undoubtedly already familiar with its performance . A foraging honeybee , having stumbled afield upon a bountiful supply of nectar , behaves rather differently ...
Page 83
... honeybee dance is re- served to other honeybees and to those few persons who happen to have a spare hive lying around the house . For the person whose only bees are in his bonnet or who is just naturally timid , but still wishes to see ...
... honeybee dance is re- served to other honeybees and to those few persons who happen to have a spare hive lying around the house . For the person whose only bees are in his bonnet or who is just naturally timid , but still wishes to see ...
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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