Cristina yelled, “COME LOOK!” as she ran in the front door today. On the floor of our front porch, six pairs of little bees were mating! The mason bees that reside in the tiny holes in our porch chairs were making their first appearance in the early spring. We were able to take some amazing macro pictures with our Laowa lens because they were so focused on their activity. We both said, “What’s that on top of their heads?” after viewing the pictures. They certainly resembled eyes. Hey, hold on, how many eyes are there in a bee?
Do you have any idea how many eyes bees have? Otherwise, continue reading!What is the number of eyes on a bee?
The answer is straightforward if, like us, you were curious about the number of eyes that bees have.The bee has five eyes!You can clearly see both of the compound eyes with your own eyes. However, without a decent macro lens or a microscope, you can’t see more eyes. Where are they now?
What is the number of eyes on a bee? Five!On top of their heads, how many eyes do bees have?
On top of their head, in between the two bigger eyes, bees actually have three smaller eyes. These are ocelli (the singular word is ocellus), which are basic eyes. Bees have two dorsal ocelli and one central ocellus that point in a little triangle toward the front of the head. These ocelli eyes only have one lens and are utilized for movement detection and maybe orientation with the sun, in contrast to the two enormous compound eyes that can create complex images with hundreds of tiny lenses.
Close-up of a mason and bees’ eyes Bee’s eyesAdditional information on bee eyes
Most likely, honey bees come to mind when you think about bees. However, bees are a very broad and varied collection of insects. Approximately 4,000 of the more than 20,000 documented bee species worldwide are native to the United States, according to the USGS. The honey bee is not indigenous to the United States, though! (They are European.)
In fact, some bees have hairy eyes, with little hairs sticking out of their big eyes! Bees have eyes that can see UV light, unlike human eyes. In order to draw a worker bee to its pollen, several blooms have developed UV patterns. You can benefit bees, who are crucial pollinators, by making a.