Honeybee navigation

نویسنده

  • M. V. Srinivasan
چکیده

How do bees estimate distance flown? It appears that they use one or both of the following cues. The first comes from measuring the amount of energy consumed when they fly to the destination by the reduction in the volume of their nectar-laden stomachs; the greater the energy consumed, the further the distance. And the second comes from measuring how much the image of the world appears to move in the eye as they fly to the destination; the greater the extent of image motion, the further the distance.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 13  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003