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Letter: Letters: SuperBee?

Published 2 April 1994

From ROBERT ERCK

Q: I have read that honeybees can see ultraviolet light. I have also
read that certain metals, such as silver and sodium, are transparent to
ultraviolet light. Assuming that an ultraviolet lamp were provided, could
honeybees look at you through a metal wall? I thought only Superman could
do that.

Robert Erck Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois

Issue no. 1919 published 2 April 1994

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