Bee vision a unique way of viewing the world
The complex and fascinating system of bee vision is essential to their communication, foraging, and survival. Bees perceive a far wider range of wavelengths than humans, whose world is largely shaped by the visible spectrum of light. This includes ultraviolet light, which allows them to access a hidden universe of colors and patterns that direct them to pollen and nectar. In addition to being necessary for their everyday tasks, this extraordinary visual ability demonstrates the amazing ways in which evolution has molded sensory systems to maximize pollination and plant reproduction. " The trichromatic colour vision of honeybees shares fundamental properties with primate and human colour perception, such as colour constancy, colour opponency, segregation of colour and brightness coding" The five eyes of bees , two large compound eyes and three simple ocelli ,are the central component of their vision. The thousands of tiny lenses known as facets or ommatidia that ma...