New dancer in the hive; an insect imposter helps scientists decipher honeybee lingo. From: Science News | Date: October 28, 1989| Author: Weiss, Rick | COPYRIGHT 1989 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

New Dancer in the Hive

A bee or not a bee? That is the question. The answer: It's not a bee at all. But members of the hive can hardly tell the difference. That's why entomologists express such excitement about recent experiments with a European robot honeybee.

Ever since German researcher Karl von Frisch first documented in 1921 that honeybees perform a "waggle dance" to communicate with one another, scientists have dreamed of creating a mechanical bee tha...

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