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The Science of Magnetism

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Using Pigment to Make Blue

Using pigment to make blue is really tricky. It never works, never blue, it's like dark purple. So our idea was maybe this is a way plants use to create blue. Creating the striation is quite simple and it's a nice way to appear blue when you shouldn't because you don't have the right pigment for it. And then we did lots of B-experiment to see if that reel can be seen. And the long story is they can see it. If you create this striation, if you create this blue effect, it makes the flowers stand out more. Instead of spending a lot of time to look for flowers, the bee can see them much more efficiently

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