What is Karl von Frisch?
{{Nobelprize|Physiology or Medicine}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Karl von Frisch |box_width = |image = Karl von Frisch - Atelier Veritas, c. 1926.jpg <!--Karl Ritter von Frisch.jpg--> |image_size = |caption =Gelatin silver print, c. 1926 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|11|20|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|6|12|1886|11|20|df=y}} |death_place = [[Munich]], [[Germany]] |residence =|citizenship = |nationality = [[Austria]] |ethnicity = |field = [[ethology|ethologist]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[bee]]s |author_abbrev_bot =|author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes =[[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1973; [[Balzan Prize]] for Biology in 1962 |religion =|footnotes =|signature = }} '''Karl Ritter von Frisch''' (20 November 1886 – 12 June 1982) was an [[Austria]]n [[ethology|ethologist]] who received the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1973, jointly with [[Niko Tinbergen]] and [[Konrad Lorenz]]. His work was on the communication and senses of the [[European honey bee]]. He was the first to translate the meaning of the [[waggle dance]]. By doing the dance when they come back to the [[Beehive|hive]], honey bees indicated where they have found [[nectar]], and other details. His theory was disputed by other scientists and greeted with skepticism at the time. Only recently was it definitively proved to be an accurate theoretical analysis.<ref>J.R. Riley, U. Greggers, A.D. Smith, D.R. Reynolds, and R. Menzel 2005. The flight paths of honeybees recruited by the waggle dance. ''Nature'', '''435''', 205–207.</ref> == Bee perception == [[File:Bee waggle dance.png|thumb|The waggle dance]] [[File:Bee_dance.svg|thumb|Interpretation of the waggle dance]] '''Sense of smell:''' Frisch discovered that bees can distinguish various blossoming plants by their scent, and that each bee is “flower constant”.<ref name=Dance>Karl von Frisch 1953. ''The dancing bees''. Harco