Preface -- The struggle for insight -- How research on honeybee communication began -- Bee research blossoms with Karl von Frisch -- The dance language remains a controversial idea -- James L. Gould's experiments explain some but not all difficulties -- Research focuses on the inside of the hive -- Spatial and temporal measurement of the dance figures -- Bees and vectors -- Robo-bees and radar techniques -- An interim balance sheet -- Swarm behaviour shows bees communicate not only through the dance -- Rethinking communication between bees -- Conclusion -- Appendix.

How Do Bees Find Flowers? During the history of bee research, scientists have peered deep into the inner life of bee colonies and learned much about the behaviour of these insects. Above all, the bee waggle dance has become a famous and extensively discussed phenomenon. Nevertheless, recent insights reveal that while bees are social insects inside the hive they also communicate with one another outside the hive. In this book, Jürgen Tautz, renowned German bee researcher, provides an entertaining, fresh and enlightened account for lay and professional readers, not only about the fascinating dance language but also about additional remarkable phenomena concerning information exchange between bees.