The Dancing Bees: An Account of the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee |
Contents
THE SWARM | 5 |
THE BEES EYE AND HOW IT WORKS | 9 |
Flower with nectar secreted | 12 |
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abdomen ants apiary appear arrived become bee-keeper bee's eye beehive bees trained behaviour blossoms body brood brood comb building bumble-bees campanula carried cells collect colony of bees colour combs cover crop cyclamen dancers direction distance drones eggs empty entrance hole experiment fact feeding place feeding-dish feeding-place feelers female flower scent foraging bee front glands glass dish honey honey-bee insects inside the hive larvae look males marked bees metres moth nectar nest newcomers NUMBER OF BEES nuptial flight observation hive ommatidia ommatidium perform period phlox plants polarized light pollen pollen baskets pupa queen remain retina round dance scent organs sense of smell single soon species stamens star-shaped filter sucking sugar sugar-water swarm sweetness taste tion turn visits wagging dance wall wasps worker-bees workers yellow