The Role of Bees in Nature

When you see a bee leave her nest, they fly out and they do these little back and forth zigzags. And what the bees are doing is literally memorizing the landmarks around their nest. They're also queuing in on things that we can't perceive like bees can perceive areas of polarization, lights and darks in the in the zodiac in a blue sky. So even if it's a cloudy day and the sun is obscured by clouds, even if there's a tiny hole in the clouds that polarized light gives them the ability to navigate and know exactly where the sun is. There are even some bees that are nocturnal that will visit flowers at night under a full

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