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How Do Honeybees Control Their Flight Speed to Avoid Obstacles?

"Bees have been shown to adjust their speed according to obstacle proximity, whether such obstacles are in the horizontal or vertical plane. They achieve this through perceived optic flow, especially from overhead." Honeybees' speed depends on dorsal as well as lateral, ventral and frontal optic flows,
PloS one
, Volume 6, Number 5, p.e19486, (2011)
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