From: Barry Birkey <barry@birkey.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 02:25:08 -0600
To: <BiologicalBeekeeping@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Keeping Bees Happy

From: Micky Lee <mlee4321@juno.com>

> Turn a hive around. All of the field bees will return to the hive
> confused, they will fly around and crawl around till they discover the
> new location of the entrance.

Hi Micky -

A great example. If we are to believe that bees have minds and think like
us, turning a hive around shouldn't be a problem. They would approach the
hive and notice right away that it had been moved and simply fly around to
the backside where the entrance is. But since they can't reason, they do
what they are able to do and now land at the back of the hive trying to get
inside in vain.

Regards,
Barry