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The latest research indicates that bees use infrared light to navigate
and locate food sources. This is probably what the teacher was looking
for. Don't have a source for the research, however.
FLORENCE COOPER, RN wrote:
> My son is a sixth grader and was asked to find furthur information
> about the
> following by his teacher: "Bees use certain wavelengths of light to
> find their
> way between sources of food and their hive. Use a reference source to
> find
> more information about this." We consulted THE HIVE AND THE HONEYBEE
> and found
> only a few oblique references to the above and nothing that really
> explained
> it. I would really appreciate input from the list regarding this.
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> Thank you,
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> Florence and Mark Cooper
> 1st year beekeepers, 1 hive
> Jackson, Mississippi
> USA
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