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The Great Lakes Entomologist 
Volume 5 
Number 3 -- Fall 1972 Number 3 -- Fall 1972 Article 6 
August 1972 
BEES. THEIR VISION, CHEMICAL SENSES, AND LANGUAGE by 
Karl von Frisch 
E C. Martin 
Michigan State University 
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Martin, E C. 1972. "BEES. THEIR VISION, CHEMICAL SENSES, AND LANGUAGE by Karl von Frisch," The 
Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 5 (3) 
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol5/iss3/6 
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86 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 5, NO. 3 
BOOK REVIEW 
BEES. THEIR VISION, CHEMICAL SENSES, AND LANGUAGE. Karl von Frisch, the 
University of Munich. Revised edition. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York and 
London. 157 pages. $7.50 ( 3.50), paperback $2.45. 
Karl von Frisch made a 3-month lecture tour through United States in 1949 on the 
initial invitation of Cornell University. His lectures, primarily concerned with vision and 
communication of honey bees, stimulated so much interest that they were put together 
in book form and published by Cornell University Press in 1950 under the above title. 
The 1972 revision, with 38 additional pages and revised figures and references brings this 
important little book up to date. 
The book is of interest to entomologists and students of animal behavior as well as 
beekeepers and the general public. It is a pleasure to read and can be understood by the 
non-scientist. This is not a popular, romantic book about bees; it is a factual account of 
research on bee behavior but it is written with such clarity and precision that it is readily 
understood and a pleasure to read. A more complete, 566-page treatise "The Dance 
Language and Orientation of Bees" by von Frisch was published in German in 1965 and 
in English in 1967. 
The research of von Frisch and his associates, on bee behavior, has had many 
important applications to beekeeping practices, particularly those relating to crop 
pollination. The book can be recommended for anyone's library but it provides an 
excellent opportunity for all zoologists and entomologists to become familiar with this 
fascinating field of study. 
E. C. Martin 
Department of Entomology, 
Michigan State University, 
East Lansing, Michigan 4882 3 
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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 5 Number 3 -- Fall 1972 Number 3 -- Fall 1972 Article 6 August 1972 BEES. THEIR VISION, CHEMICAL SENSES, AND LANGUAGE by Karl von Frisch E C. Martin Michigan State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Martin, E C. 1972. "BEES. THEIR VISION, CHEMICAL SENSES, AND LANGUAGE by Karl von Frisch," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 5 (3) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol5/iss3/6 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 86 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 5, NO. 3 BOOK REVIEW BEES. THEIR VISION, CHEMICAL SENSES, AND LANGUAGE. Karl von Frisch, the University of Munich. Revised edition. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York and London. 157 pages. $7.50 ( 3.50), paperback $2.45. Karl von Frisch made a 3-month lecture tour through United States in 1949 on the initial invitation of Cornell University. His lectures, primarily concerned with vision and communication of honey bees, stimulated so much interest that they were put together in book form and published by Cornell University Press in 1950 under the above title. The 1972 revision, with 38 additional pages and revised figures and references brings this important little book up to date. The book is of interest to entomologists and students of animal behavior as well as beekeepers and the general public. It is a pleasure to read and can be understood by the non-scientist. This is not a popular, romantic book about bees; it is a factual account of research on bee behavior but it is written with such clarity and precision that it is readily understood and a pleasure to read. A more complete, 566-page treatise "The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees" by von Frisch was published in German in 1965 and in English in 1967. The research of von Frisch and his associates, on bee behavior, has had many important applications to beekeeping practices, particularly those relating to crop pollination. The book can be recommended for anyone's library but it provides an excellent opportunity for all zoologists and entomologists to become familiar with this fascinating field of study. E. C. Martin Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 4882 3 1Martin: BEES. THEIR VISION, CHEMICAL SENSES, AND LANGUAGE by Karl von FriPublished by ValpoScholar, 1972

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