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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Harald E. Esch ("[log in to unmask]") Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN 46556 Phone: (219) 631-7025 FAX: (219) 631-7413 Dept. Office: (219) 631-7186 =-=-=-==-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=