Von frich bee

• Replication of Von Frisch's bee study


  • Demonstrates the methodology is reliable and the results can be trusted
• Methodology may lack validity


  Bees behaviour may not be naturalistic
• Potential extraneous variables


  • Bees do not feed from sugar water in the wild
  • Bee hive used was transparent
• Von Frisch's conclusion


  Ignores the role of sound in bee communication
• Other researchers have recorded noises produced by the bees during their dances
• Some researchers have suggested that bees use their memories of landmarks to produce cognitive maps of their local environment