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Do bees distinguish colours?

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dc.contributor.authorHorridge, George Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-08T01:03:21Z
dc.date.available2019-10-08T01:03:21Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractHumans 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.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/173557
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherThe Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.rights© The Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.sourceAustralian National University Reporteren_AU
dc.source.urihttps://reporter.anu.edu.au/do-bees-distinguish-coloursen_AU
dc.subjectbeeen_AU
dc.subjectvisionen_AU
dc.subjectshape perceptionen_AU
dc.subjectpatternen_AU
dc.subjectgreenen_AU
dc.subjectblueen_AU
dc.titleDo bees distinguish colours?en_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen access via publisher websiteen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHorridge, George Adrian, Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, CoS Research School of Biology, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu690072en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume47en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://reporter.anu.edu.au/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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