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colour discriminqation in bees?
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joe bossom <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:05:36 -0400
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Some 40 years back, when von Frisch was a popular read for young scientists, and bee communication through dancing was in everyone's conversations, a number of studies were done on colour discrimination in bees.  Does anyone still have access to that literature?  Does anyone remember which wavelengths are easiest for bees to discriminate.

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