In Message Tue, 20 Apr 1993 21:00:56 -0400,
  Edward E Southwick <[log in to unmask]> writes:
 
>I am looking for references concerning honey bee orientation especially
>when trying to get back home.  Also I would like to have a recent
>review of bee oreintation to landmarks.  Anything on bees (even drones)
>making mistakes in homing would also be useful.  Also does anybody know
>of a way to know exactly where bees are flying without carting around
>the monster radar truck like G. Loper uses for drones?  Thanks for
>your responses.  Snow finally gone up here in upstate NY, bees bringing
>in BLUE pollen.  Ideas on what that is?
>cheers, e.southwick
 
Fred Dyer has a great number of articles on the topic as for instance
Anim. Behav.41,239-246 (1991) also R. Menzel Z.Naturforsch. 45c, 723-726
(1990) and then all the publications by J. Gould , for instance Science
232, 861-863 (1986) (which are disputed, see above).
                                            Harald
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