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Bees can sense flowers’ electric fields, researcher finds - senona - 06-06-2016 I thought this to be pretty cool! Researchers say the fuzz that covers bees' bodies helps them sense flowers' natural electric fields, allowing them to home in on their favourite plants. Quote:In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last week, Sutton reported that the fuzz that covers bees’ bodies helps the tiny critters sense flowers’ natural electric fields, allowing them to home in on their favourite plants to pollinate. Pretty interesting, huh? But how did they do that, discover that it was their fuzzy hairs that bend in response to charges in the natural world Quote:Initially, Sutton suspected that the bees were using their antennae. But when he tested that theory, the feelers weren’t particularly responsive. Quote:But it’s still not clear whether the bees are really using their electric sensors to find the flowers they like, he added. Flowers have plenty of other distinguishing characteristics, and it’s possible that the bees rely on the hairs for another purpose entirely — such as navigation. Linky Mother Nature's world sure is full of intriguing little surprises!! RE: Bees can sense flowers’ electric fields, researcher finds - Mystic Wanderer - 06-06-2016 Hmm... interesting. :thinking: Kind of like humans and the way the hair stands up on our arms or neck when an unseen energy field comes around us... better known as "ghosts". RE: Bees can sense flowers’ electric fields, researcher finds - Ninurta - 06-08-2016 (06-06-2016, 05:35 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: Hmm... interesting. :thinking: STOP THAT! The hair on my arms and cheeks, and occasionally head, crawls all the time. Some times feels like feathers brushing me, other times like invisible fingers. it's an uncomfortable feeling to have the living reading over my shoulder, much less the dead! |