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Show Bee "Sweet Tooth" Though tliey deal in nectar nnd honey nil their lives, bees do not i have as sensitive n "sweet tooth" as ! human beings, It has been discovered discov-ered by I'rof. Karl von Frisch of Munich. j Science Service reported that Pro- ' sessor Yon Frisch had "trained" bees ; to expect supplies of ordinary cano-sugar cano-sugar solution at a given place. ' When they became used to visiting It regularly, he cut down the Strength of the solution. The lowest concentration the bees could detect as sweet was about 2 per cent sugar. Human beings get a sweet taste from sugar solutions only one-fifth that strong. Literary Digest. |