From: Barry Birkey <barry@birkey.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 19:19:19 -0600
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Keeping Bees Happy

From: "deelusbybeekeeper" <deelusbybeekeeper@excelonline.com>

> think about where to swarm to,

Dee -

I don't accept the idea that the bees are "thinking" where to swarm to. I
believe they have been programmed since creation to instinctively search for
a place that is favorable to bees, relying on odor, sun orientation, etc.,
to arrive at the final destination. Bees can not "think" in terms as we
think. Nowhere can, or has, this been proven.

> Are bee intelligent and communicate!!!! I think so, but we need smarter
> beekeepers to figure out how they do it.

Yes bees are intelligent and yes they do communicate. But if one starts to
equate animal intelligence with mans intelligence, they are on very shaky
ground with no way to prove it. I'm not sure we will ever know how they do
it. If animals are so intelligent, why don't they talk? I think you see what
I'm getting at.

Regards,
Barry