Von Frischs Bee Study (P2)

Question 1

What is the aim of von frischs study

Answer 1

To see how bees communicate

Question 2

What is the method of vom frischs bee study

Answer 2

• Field experiment
• glass of sugar water is placed in different locations
• they put the hive in a glass slide to allow us to see bees in hive
• researcher observed behaviour of bees when returning

Question 3

Results of von frischs bee study

Answer 3

Bees wiggles when food was far

Bees circled around when food was close

Question 4

What is the conclusion of von frischs bee study

Answer 4

Bees communicate via movement

Question 5

Evaluation of von frishs study

Answer 5

• (pos) it’s reliable as it has been replicates
• (neg) not valid as wild bees don’t eat sugar water and bees hive was transparent
• (neg) he ignored if bees used sound to communicate or bees memory