On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Ian Watson wrote:
> Hi
> My 2 cents worth, and that's an overstatement ....;)
> Don't bees see polarized light and that makes them able to find the sun even on
> a cloudy day?
Don't clouds amorphousize polarized light?
 
        Rich
 
> I'll leave the scientific explanation to someone else.
>
> Ian Watson    [log in to unmask]
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> > From: curtis spacek <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: biology/physics question
> > Date: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 8:47 PM
> >
> > I could have sworn I read that bees can't see in the red spectrum,but
> > see ultra violet waves.photographs of several flowers under an ultra
> > violet light revealed pigments which form rays (lines) which piont to
> > the center of the flower.as an added note the text (on loan to a fellow
> > beekeeper) also cited ultra-violet light waves penetrate cloud cover
> > enabling bees to actually see the sun through the clouds on overcast
> > days.
>