Communication among lower animals is not “language” in the human sense.

A. The philosopher Bertrand Russell once wrote, “A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest though poor.”

B. Bees.

1. How bees “talk.” A bee tells the hive about honey it has found by doing certain dances. In one, the bee moves in a straight line in the direction that the honey is in and waggles its behind with a frequency corresponding to how far away the honey is and with a “liveliness” corresponding to how rich the source is.

2. Is this “language”? But bees only communicate in this manner about the location of food. They cannot chew the fat.