> From what I've read, I understand that bees orient themselves with > respect to the asimuth of the sun. This brought up the question of what > do bees do on the equinoxes at local noon on the equator? I don't see > how there could be any light polarization effect in this situation > either. > > -Bruce The sun travels from east to west, and shadow can be measures at any time of the day. The sun azimuth plus a time will provide a direction. Richard A. Pelikan, A275CCR Southeast Missouri State University BITNET: A275CCR@SEMOVM INTERNET: [log in to unmask]