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Nature 442, 249 (20 July 2006) | doi:10.1038/442249a; Published online 19 July 2006
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A drink from the magic well
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BOOK REVIEWED-Asian Honey Bees: Biology, Conservation and Human Interactions
by Benjamin P. Oldroyd & Siriwat Wongsiri
Harvard University Press: 2006. 340 pp. $59.95, £38.95
Karl von Frisch, who won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the honeybee dance language, called the honeybee a magic well — no matter how much was discovered, more remained. Most research on honeybees, including von Frisch's, has been done on Apis mellifera.
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