THE YELLOW STREAK
WHICH FLIES DON'T LIKE
What makes flies avoid yellow glass? That is the riddle that is perplexing a jam factory in Northern England. Yellow glass was put in a warehouse to stop the jam from fading, and it was found that flies completely avoided the vellow room. A partial explanation was supplied by Dr. S. A. Neave. honorary secretary of the Entomological Society of London. "Probably,* lie said, "the flies avoid the yellow' glass room because yellow absorbs from the light certain rays that thev need for health. "I remember from experiments conducted some time a'go that flies also dislike blue. - A room that was white attracted them, but when it was painted blue they avoided it. "The suggestion that larders should be glazed in colours avoided by flies might be useful, but I have not heard of it being put into practice."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 16 June 1930, Page 2
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146THE YELLOW STREAK Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 16 June 1930, Page 2
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