Iridescence invisible to human eye enables bees to view flowers in different colours
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 14:42
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bees see some flowers in multicolour because of previously unknown iridescence of the petals, usually invisible to the human eye, researchers from the University of Cambridge report this week in Science.
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