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You might get some help from _The Honey Bee_, James L. and Carol Grant Gould
... copyright the Scientific American Library 1988. See "Navigation",
Chapter 7. (May be a bit complex for sixth graders). May be in municipal
library.
Bob Barnett
Birmingham, Al
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> From: "FLORENCE COOPER, RN" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: biology/physics question
> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 97 13:10:02 +0000
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>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.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Florence and Mark Cooper
>1st year beekeepers, 1 hive
>Jackson, Mississippi
>USA
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