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...
Main Author: | Horridge A |
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Format: | Article |
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 |
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