PROBABLY many biologists are by now acquainted with at least the outline of the very remarkable work on the dances of the honey bee published by Prof. K. von Frisch in 1946 1,2,3. Since then ...

Bees do far more than just make honey. Globally ... The domesticated honeybee is the archetypal bee. Here, we outline the honeybee’s life and highlight some other species of wild bee.