>
> >Bees can sense the position of the sun through the angle of
> polarization.


That wouldn't answer how they'd do it in the dark of the hive.  And I'm not
sure that it would tell them anything about the season, unless they also
noted the compass direction of the sun and the time of day.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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