Henry: Some scientists explain the dance of honeybees as the means by which honeybees communicate the location of whatever food source they have just visited to other members of the hive  But honeybees do not need so complicated a mechanism to communicate that information  Forager honeybees returning to their hive simply leave a scent trail from the food source they have just visited  There must ttherefore be some other explanation for the honeybees' dance  Winifred: Not necessarily  Most animals have several ways of accomplishing critical tasks  Bees of some species can navigate using either the position of the Sun or the memory of landmarks
Similarly, for honeybees, scent trails are a supplementary not an exclusive means of communicating
theories of animal behavior can be established on the basis of evidence about only one species of animal