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Honey bees rally to their queen via ‘game of telephone’ – Science Magazine
Workers pass pheromone messages through long chains of bees

By Nikk OgasaApr. 9, 2021 , 10:30 AM
Buzz. Buzz. The queen is that way, said one honey bee to another. Pass it on.
Honey bees cant speak, of course, but scientists have found that the insects combine teamwork and odor chemicals to relay the queens location to the rest of the colony, revealing an extraordinary means of long distance, mass communication.
The research is really nice, and really careful, says Gordon Berman, a biologist at Emory University who was not involved in the study. It shows…
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