THE LANGUAGE OF BEES VON FRISCH 431 



questing bees to find the good feeding-place. When the number of 

 bees has become sufficient to collect the amount of nectar in these 

 flowers, the flowers are no longer full of nectar, the nectar becomes 

 scarce, there is no more dancing and the number of bees does not 

 increase. If different plants begin to bloom at the same time, the 

 flowers with the sweetest nectar cause the most vigorous dancing 

 and, incited by the scent adhering to the body of the dancer bee, 

 the largest number of bees fly to the best feeding-plants. 



