 through modes of sight and scent) the navigational system of "Schwarziana quadripunctata" had remained elusive until quite recently.It has been determined that "S. quadripunctata" navigates, like many other bees, through the use of magnetoreception – utilizing magnetic fields in the atmosphere to recognize differences in location, altitude and directionality.This notion of magnetic navigational skills was first observed in a 2005 study conducted by Esquivel et al.