You may wish to refer to Mark Winston's "The Biology of the Honey Bee"
It is a good reference for beekeepers to have.
KBF
 
 
 
 
 
On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, 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.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Florence and Mark Cooper
> 1st year beekeepers, 1 hive
> Jackson, Mississippi
> USA
>