Hi
 
My 2 cents worth, and that's an overstatement ....;)
 
Don't bees see polarized light and that makes them able to find the sun even on
a cloudy day?
I'll leave the scientific explanation to someone else.
 
Ian Watson    [log in to unmask]
real estate agent     gardener    baritone
beekeeper---> 11 colonies and counting
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> From: curtis spacek <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: biology/physics question
> Date: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 8:47 PM
>
> I could have sworn I read that bees can't see in the red spectrum,but
> see ultra violet waves.photographs of several flowers under an ultra
> violet light revealed pigments which form rays (lines) which piont to
> the center of the flower.as an added note the text (on loan to a fellow
> beekeeper) also cited ultra-violet light waves penetrate cloud cover
> enabling bees to actually see the sun through the clouds on overcast
> days.