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Two studies from last year reveal that bees not only detect electric fields but also learn to discriminate them...
1) Bumblebees detect electric fields around plants and learn to use them to decide whether or not to visit flowers.
http://lewiscountybeekeepers.org/ya...ience-2013-Clarke-science1230883.58215802.pdf
2) Bees emit constant and modulated electric fields when flying, landing, walking and during the waggle dance -
the figure-of-eight-shaped circuit performed by foragers upon their return to the nest to communicate the location of rewarding flowers to nest mates. The sequence of wing beats and abdomen movements performed by waggle dancers generates a specific modulated electric field composed of pulses of several hundred volts which the team suggests evokes a behavioral response in a social context.
http://www.ontariobee.com/sites/ontariobee.com/files/Proc. R. Soc. B-2013-Greggers-.pdf
1) Bumblebees detect electric fields around plants and learn to use them to decide whether or not to visit flowers.
http://lewiscountybeekeepers.org/ya...ience-2013-Clarke-science1230883.58215802.pdf
2) Bees emit constant and modulated electric fields when flying, landing, walking and during the waggle dance -
the figure-of-eight-shaped circuit performed by foragers upon their return to the nest to communicate the location of rewarding flowers to nest mates. The sequence of wing beats and abdomen movements performed by waggle dancers generates a specific modulated electric field composed of pulses of several hundred volts which the team suggests evokes a behavioral response in a social context.
http://www.ontariobee.com/sites/ontariobee.com/files/Proc. R. Soc. B-2013-Greggers-.pdf