Measurement of the threshold sensitivity of honeybees to weak, extremely low-frequency magnetic fields
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Measurement of the threshold sensitivity of honeybees to weak, extremely low-frequency magnetic fields
Experiments reported previously demonstrate that free-flying honeybees are able to detect static intensity fluctuations as weak as 26 nT against the background, earth-strength magnetic field. We report here an extension of this work to weak, alternating fields at frequencies of 10 and 60 Hz. Our results indicate that the sensitivity of the honeybee magnetoreception system decreases rapidly with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.200.9.1363