Are honeybees sensitive to sound?

Bees seem to produce low-frequency sounds with their wings during several of their dances, to add extra information perhaps. read more

Bees seem to produce low-frequency sounds with their wings during several of their dances, to add extra information perhaps. These noises are quiet and on the low-end of the human hearing range (unlike their normal buzzing, which is just the sound of their wings and is not communication). read more

Vibrations and sounds, collectively called vibroacoustics, play significant roles in intracolony communication in honey bees (Hunt and Richard 2013). For many years it was thought that bees were totally deaf to airborne vibrations (sound) (Goodman 2003). read more

Bees don't have ears so don't hear sound in the way we do. They are sensitive to vibration through their legs and possibly their antennae and can be alarmed by strong vibrations. they do have ears. read more