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Do you know how many eyes bees have? The answer is three.

BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 1 (UPI) — Bees can navigate using the sun even on cloudy days using clues from polarized light to determine the hidden sun’s position, Australian researchers say.

Mandyam Srinivasan of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, says that because sunlight passing through the atmosphere is polarized in a pattern that reveals the location of the sun, it has long been suspected bees use special photoreceptors in their eyes to navigate on cloudy days, NewsScientist.com reported Tuesday.

via Study: Bees can follow sun on cloudy days – UPI.com.

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The Gazette did a very nice article about my bee project last Sunday. It even made the front page! Thanks so much Rosemary for the wonderful article. It was also great to meet Jonathon, who came out to my folks to take photos.

ALAMO — While scientists around the world try to unravel the ongoing mystery of dying honeybees, an Alamo man has vowed to do what he can on a simpler scale to save bees, one hive at a time.

Jeremy Marr is throwing out almost everything beekeepers have tried to make life better for honeybees and, instead, will let Mother Nature decide how to run the show.

via Alamo Township beekeeper Jeremy Marr goes back to nature to save his hives | MLive.com.

The fund raising has been an amazing experience. I’ve met quite a few very interesting and creative people along the way so far. Thanks to everyone who has participated!

The project on Kickstarter: Saving the honeybees, One hive at a time.

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