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Analysis of Polarized Light by the Bee's Eye

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  1. Zoology Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, and Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass

    DONALD KENNEDY

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass

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KENNEDY, D., BAYLOR, E. Analysis of Polarized Light by the Bee's Eye. Nature 191, 34–37 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191034a0

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