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Science 15 September 1978:
Vol. 201. no. 4360, pp. 1026 - 1028
DOI: 10.1126/science.201.4360.1026
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Bees Have Magnetic Remanence

JAMES L. GOULD 1, J. L. KIRSCHVINK 2, and K. S. DEFFEYES 2

1 Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
2 Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Honey bees orient to the earth's magnetic field. This ability may be associated with a region of transversely oriented magnetic material in the front of the abdomen. The magnetic moment apparently develops in the pupal state and persists in the adults.

Submitted on April 4, 1978
Revised on June 26, 1978


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