In the 1920s, Karl von Frisch pointed out that bees use special dancing patterns. What scientist or people think about bees communication before its discovery.
How far back are you interested in going? About 1650 England, the King was master of the hive. The bees could be of sweet disposition, but they did not specify how the bees communicated with each other.
Timothy A Ebert Hello sir thank you for your response, I am writing a review on this topic so I need to cover this sub-topic ( What was the scientist thinking about Bees communication before Karl von Frisch's discovery? ).
I need some information which can be useful for my review plus if you can provide me reference of researches so I will be thankful to you.
For sure, Adrian Wenner stated that bees locate foods only using odours/sense of smell. That was around 1923.
It seems, though, like Von Frisch was the first to witness bee's communication. But you may want to read Ameisen, Bienen und Wespen: Beobachtungen über die Lebensweise der geselligen hymenopteren by John Lubbock (1899). I unfortunately couldn't find a translated version.
However in The Bee Battles: Karl von Frisch, Adrian Wenner and the Honey Bee Dance Language Controversy" by Tanya Munz in 2005, she mentions: " Von Frisch was not the first to investigate insect communication. In his 1923 paper,he already cited nine other well-known authors who’d investigated bee and antcommunication. Buttel-Reepen, 1900, 1912, 1915; Wasmann, 1909 [1899]; Forel, 1910,1924 [1874]; Lubbock, 1883."
Grégoire Moutardier Thank you for sharing such great information which will strengthen my review research.
Hehe.. Adrian Wenner was born in 1928, did PhD in 1961 and published articles on odor in bee foraging in the 1990s.. Perhaps 1983 was intended in the answer, rather than 1923.
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