355: The Bee Show (with Stephen Mann)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

English - March 12, 2019 13:23 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 65 ratings
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Bees: not just great pollinators; great communicators.

The dance of the European honeybee is one of the most famous methods of communication in the animal kingdom, and shows features that are very similar to human language.

But are bees losing their groove? We're talking to Stephen Mann, animal communication expert, on this episode of Talk the Talk.