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Bumblebees can navigate home up to 13km

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Frank


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Originally Galway, Ireland
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:17 pm   Post subject: Bumblebees can navigate home up to 13km


Interesting article on BBC News about navigating abilities of bumblebees. They build internal "scent maps" to help find their way around.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5215022.stm




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