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Frisch, Karl von
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Frisch, Karl von (1886–1982)

Austrian zoologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1973 with Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen for their work on animal behaviour patterns. Karl von Frisch specialized in bees, discovering how they communicate the location of sources of nectar by movements called ‘dances’.



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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.
Bees log flight distances, train with maps by Milius, S. / Science News
The fundaments of one side in the debate remained true to the groundbreaking Austro-German zoologist Karl von Frisch.
Look Who's Dancing by MILIUS, SUSAN / Science News
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.
New dancer in the hive; an insect imposter helps scientists decipher ... by Weiss, Rick / Science News
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