How bees distinguish black from white
Adrian Horridge Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAbstract: Bee eyes have photoreceptors for ultraviolet, green, and blue wavelengths that are excited by reflected white but not by black. With ultraviolet reflections excluded by the apparatus, bees can lea...
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| Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Eye and Brain |
| Online Access: | http://www.dovepress.com/how-bees-distinguish-black-from-white-peer-reviewed-article-EB |