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On Oct 26, 2005, at 6:05 AM, joe bossom wrote:
> Some 40 years back, when von Frisch was a popular read for young
> scientists, and bee communication through dancing was in everyone's
> conversations, a number of studies were done on colour discrimination
> in bees. Does anyone still have access to that literature? Does
> anyone remember which wavelengths are easiest for bees to
> discriminate.
Check out:
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/
CompoundEye.html
That URL provides a concise statement of the compound eye in
arthropods, with special emphasis on the honey bee — including
comparative illustrations.
Adrian
> Adrian M. Wenner (805) 963-8508 (home office phone)
967 Garcia Road [log in to unmask]
Santa Barbara, CA 93103 www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/index.htm
"For what a man more likes to be true, he more readily believes."
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
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