In a message dated 97-09-11 15:56:51 EDT, you write: << Greetings, I remember reading somewhere that bees can "see" in the ultraviolet spectrum. Is this true? - - - - - in Dino veritas, mf >> Sure it is how they orient on the sun on a cloudy day by seeing the polarization of the UV which passes through the clouds . Also may flowers look quite different when visualized in the UV range and perhaps the bees key on this as well