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Karl von Frisch

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Noun1.Karl von Frisch - Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)


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Ideas about honeybee odometers proposed by the great bee researcher and Nobel laureate Karl von Frisch turn out to be dead wrong, say Mandyan V.
The fundaments of one side in the debate remained true to the groundbreaking Austro-German zoologist Karl von Frisch.
Ever since German researcher Karl von Frisch first documented in 1921 that honeybees perform a "waggle dance" to communicate with one another, scientists have dreamed of creating a mechanical bee that could imitate the insects' carefully choreographed behavior.
 
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