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Detection of model flowers by honeybees: The role of chromatic and achromatic contrast

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Lehrer, M., Bischof, S. Detection of model flowers by honeybees: The role of chromatic and achromatic contrast. Naturwissenschaften 82, 145–147 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01177278

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