nfoto Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 An interesting variety of the flower-bee interaction recently has come to light, see for example http://www.npr.org/2...arge-on-flowers I wonder whether our old enigmatic friends, the conical cells, have a role in such phenomena? Link to comment
DaveO Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 How remarkable!! I just read an article in Chemistry in Australia which referred to the same original research - so it must be true :DDave Link to comment
nfoto Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Here we go again on that never-ending chase after capable cameras .... :D Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 So flowers have an "aura". Hmmm..... Link to comment
DaveO Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Here's a link to the original (2013) paper which also has some very interesting links to subsequent work Detection and learning of floral electric fields by bumblebeeshttp://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6128/66 It just goes to show that we will never know how a pollinator really senses and interacts with the environment, some one will always find a new angle we didn't foresee. Dave Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Maybe UV signatures are meaningless?? :D :P :P :P Link to comment
nfoto Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 We should see, and learn, what UV signatures are for their own sake. Reading 'meaning' into Nature's many manifestations is a futile exercise. Link to comment
colinbm Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Perhaps we could learn to photograph plants aura, & in UV :DWe may even see a corona ?Col Link to comment
DaveO Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 We should see, and learn, what UV signatures are for their own sake. Reading 'meaning' into Nature's many manifestations is a futile exercise. I agree totally. Link to comment
Alex H Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Perhaps we could learn to photograph plants aura, & in UV :DWe may even see a corona ?Col Like that? :D Link to comment
colinbm Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Yeah Alex, like that.Can you tell us some more about this please ?Col Link to comment
Alex H Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Well, as you probably guessed, Colin, this is neither "corona" nor "aura" ;) Link to comment
colinbm Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I'm thinking it is a photo of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ? Link to comment
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