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How do bees communicate information to each other?

The answer to this question was given by the German physiologist and ethologist Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) in his classic work The Dances of the Bees, published in 1942.

The bees communicate with each other by dancing on the vertical wall of the combs in the hive. With this complex language, the foraging bee tells other bees in which direction and at what distance the flowers with nectar are located and how high their quality is.

With a dance, they can call on other bees to their rescue and even with its help lead whole discussions. For example, during swarming, scout bees go in search of a suitable new home, and then, through dance, talk about its location and other advantages. If one of the scouts manages to convince the others that she is right, everyone is sent to the specified address.

Frisch was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his discovery.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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How did ads and advertisements come about?

To advertise means to give people some information. It can be a message about a product, about services and offers, and even about putting someone's name in public. Announcements arose naturally and from the very beginning were of the most diverse kind. For example, papyri have been found promising rewards for escaped slaves. They are three millennia old, but these are real announcements. Signs announcing the services offered were placed on the doors of houses in Greece and Egypt almost five thousand years ago. This is also a type of ad.

With the invention of printing devices, advertisements began to appear in a new form. Around 1477 in London, the first printed advertisement in English announced the sale of a prayer book. The first newspaper advertisement appeared on the back page of a London newspaper in 1625.

In the United States, the first paid advertisements were printed in 1704. By 1771, 31 newspapers were being published in the colonies, and all of them printed advertisements. It is known that today advertisements are printed not only in newspapers, but are also broadcast on radio and television.

The first commercial information was heard on the radio around 1920. Commercial information on television was fully established only after the Second World War. This idea quickly spread, and today advertising shown on television is so close to all of us that many remember it better than any productions and films.

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