On Oct 26, 2005, at 6:05 AM, joe bossom wrote:

> 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.

Check out:

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/
CompoundEye.html

    That URL provides a concise statement of the compound eye in
arthropods, with special emphasis on the honey bee — including
comparative illustrations.

                                                                Adrian



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