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Show Bee' "Sweet Tooth" Though they deal In nectar and honey all their lives, bees do not have as sensitive a "sweet tooth" as human beings, it has been discovered discov-ered by Prof. Karl von Frlsch of Munich. Science Service reported thnt Tro-sossor Tro-sossor Von Frisch had "trained" bees to expect supplies of ordinary cane-sugar cane-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 ns sweet was about 2 per cent sugar. Human beiugs get a sweet taste from sugar solutions only one-fifth that strong. Literary Digest. |