Abstract
THIS little book is a reliable translation of "L'Esprit des Abeilles,"the author of which is an original investigator and a good observer. His work has been carried out on foraging bees and not on bees within the hive. He appears, however, to under-estimate the importance played of odours in bee-behaviour, and claims that the first-comer communicates the location of a food source to the other foragers, who are thus enabled to find it. These and many other observations are carried out in a scientific manner, but the deductions made therefrom are more open to criticism. In spite of whatever defects the book may have, it is suggestive and well worth reading.
The Mind of the Bees
Julien
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By. Translated by H. Eltringham. Pp. xi + 146. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1939.) 6s. net.
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[Short Reviews]. Nature 145, 298 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145298e0
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