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Intensity distribution curves in single ommatidia of worker bees have been recorded. Measurements were carried out in vertical (x/y-) and horizontal (z-) directions in light and dark adapted ommatidia from which similar Gaussian curves resulted. The intensity distribution in bees’ ommatidia may be approximated by the function |(φ)= exp (-0.41 [degree-2]φ 2) with a half-width of 2.60° (acceptance angle Δ g).These findings are discussed in relation to earlier results and considering adaptation mechanisms.
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Eheim, W.P. (1972). Directional Intensity Distribution in Single Ommatidia of the Honeybee, Apis mellifera. In: Wehner, R. (eds) Information Processing in the Visual Systems of Anthropods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65477-0_11
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