Bees can detect wavelengths of light that humans cannot see and bees sense minute amounts of chemicals we cannot smell. But unlike many insects, bees cannot hear very well. However, snowshoe hare populations on islands where lynx are absent show similar cycles. When a scientist observes a certain behavior in an animal, he or she is apt to ask two types of questions, one type deals with ultimate causation, the other type deals with proximate causation.
Females generally choose the mate.