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Do bees distinguish colours?

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2016

Authors

Horridge, George Adrian

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The Australian National University

Abstract

Humans have long believed that the colours of flowers have evolved to attract bees. But my recent experiments show that bees actually distinguish shapes and patterns by basing their decisions on seeing the colour green and shades of blue.

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bee, vision, shape perception, pattern, green, blue

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/173557

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ANU Research Publications

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Australian National University Reporter

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Journal article

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Open access via publisher website

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