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The Dancing Bees

An Account of the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee

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  • © 1954

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Authors:
  1. Karl Frisch

    1. Munich, Germany

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Bee Colony

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Bee’s Home

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 4-8

  4. How Bees Feed

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 9-18

  5. The Brood

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 19-26

  6. The Swarm

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 27-30

  7. The “Battle of the Drones”

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 31-32

  8. Division of Labour in the Colony

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 33-43

  9. Smell and Taste

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 44-62

  10. The Bee’s Eye and how it works

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 63-84

  11. Orientation: how the Bee finds her way about

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 85-99

  12. The Language of Bees

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 100-136

  13. The Bee’s Sense of Time

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 137-147

  14. The Bee’s Mental Capacity

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 148-151

  15. Enemies and Diseases of Bees

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 152-159

  16. Other Insect Communities

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 160-172

  17. Solitary Bees and how the Colony began

    • Karl von Frisch
    Pages 173-179

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 181-183
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Munich, Germany

    Karl Frisch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Dancing Bees

  • Book Subtitle: An Account of the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee

  • Authors: Karl Frisch

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4697-2

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 1954

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-4549-4Published: 01 January 1954

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-4697-2Published: 12 June 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 183

  • Topics: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics

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