Dances of the Bees

Duration: 23

Year Published: 1950

Creator: Bundesstaatliche Hauptstelle fur Li

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Records the techniques used in Austria to observe and analyze a newly-discovered method of communication used by bees. Pictures, in regular photography and slow motion, the dances performed by the bees to indicate to other bees the direction and distance of a feed place. Charts and diagrams clarify the explanation. Features Karl von Frisch. Silent.