[Infuse – Science Makes Sense]A bee flying over a mirror loses altitude and crashes
Article published on 3 November 2023
Bees, surprised when flying over a mirror, inexorably lose altitude until they collide with the mirror. This has been demonstrated by an interdisciplinary team of French researchers from the Institut des sciences du mouvement – Etienne-Jules Marey (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université) and the Centre d’écologie fonctionnelle et évolutive (CNRS / Université de Montpellier / IRD / EPHE).