Honeybees travel up to 10 km from their hive. Sara Cross reports on a new theory of how they find their way back.
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Capaldi,E. A., et al. Ontogeny of orientation flight in the honeybee revealed by harmonic radar. Nature 403, 537 2000.
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Cross, S. Bee where?. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000203-10
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000203-10