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dated December 18, 1957: Bee’s eye view

A possible “bee’s eye view” of human beings was presented by Prof. J.B.S. Haldane, eminent biologist, in a radio talk.

Prof. Haldane, who was speaking on the “Unity and Diversity of Life” in the Patel memorial lectures arranged by All India Radio, said if bees observed human beings, they might well say: “These large creatures are clearly very stupid and have no real language. Many of their dances are crudely erotic. There is not the faintest evidence that they can communicate either direction or distance.”

Prof. Haldane was explaining the biological discovery that bees had the best developed language of dance gestures to communicate even distances and direction to other bees.

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