Introduction. One of the ways in which bee colonies interact is through stereotypical dances. Many authors have studied the relationship between dance. However, there was no consensus on their functional significance. Finding out the question of the signal significance of bee dances became the main direction of Ivan Levchenko’s scientific research. In addition to theoretical significance, such studies are needed to develop new methods for controlling the flight-collecting activity of bees. The goal of the work. To trace the main stages of IO Levchenko's life and creative path. To give the main achievements of his research, to characterize their theoretical and practical significance for beekeeping. Materials and methods of research. The basis of this study is the scientific literature on the topic of work, scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists. In the process of research, historical-comparative, analytical-synthetic, as well as the method of source analysis are used. Results of research and discussion. Ivan Levchenko was born on August 31, 1930 in the village of Samara, Azov district, Rostov region, in a large family of workers. The formation of Ivan Lavchenko as a researcher took place at the Kyiv State University named after T.G. Shevchenko (1951‒1956). After graduating from university he worked in the laboratory of arachnoentomology, in the Kaniv Biological Reserve. This was the period of further development of the researcher. During this time, techniques have been developed that make it possible to record the reaction of bees to various processes occurring in the central nervous system of insects. A fruitful period in the scientific activity of Ivan Levchenko were the years of work at the Institute of Zoology named after I. Schmalhausen National Academy of Sciences (1962-1994). Here, in 1966, he defended his dissertation on "The main forms of relationship in bees - collectors." Considering bees' dances as a special form of reflecting the excitation of the bee's nervous system, Ivan Levchenko naturally raised and successfully solved the question of the impact on bee signaling of such factors as air temperature, features of the terrain, bee strength, sugar concentration in nectar, carbohydrate characteristics feed composition. Ivan Levchenko considered the discovery of individual smell in worker bees to be an important factor in his scientific work. Since 1994, I. Levchenko worked at the NSC "Institute of Beekeeping named after P.I. Prokopovich "in the established laboratory of bee ethology. The direction of research has changed, but has always been associated with practical beekeeping. І. Levchenko conducted active training of junior specialists in the field of beekeeping. Under his supervision, six PhD theses were defended. Published 300 scientific papers. Conclusions and prospects for further research. Ivan Levchenko proved by his research that the transmission of information about the coordinates of the source of the bribe in the family of the honey bee is carried out by many factors - smell, acoustic and tactile stimuli, including dancing. An attempt to explain the process of mobilizing bees to collect food with just one stimulus is invalid. We can talk about the relative importance of a factor in a particular situation, but the effect of mobilization in general must be considered as an adequate response of the family to a set of stimuli. Honey bees have undergone a long process of evolution from a solitary form to a highly organized and family with a social - collective way of life. Ways of relations in them include both ancient forms (sight and smell) and new, highly specialized moving reactions - dances of scouts. Accordingly, the search for honey flow by bees can be carried out both at the level of individuals and the family as a whole. But there is no doubt that all forms of search are of great biological importance to the family and together provide rapid mobilization for food collection.