HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Eyes – Incredible as it may seem, the honey bee has FIVE eyes, two large compound eyes and three smaller ocelli eyes in the centre of its head.

Detailed explanation-2: -Not only do they help the insect see objects, they also aid in orientation and navigation. All types of bees have 5 eyes. The same is true for many flies and wasps.

Detailed explanation-3: -While having more than two eyes is not unusual in the animal kingdom, having specifically five-eyes, and in this arrangement is. To the best of the author’s knowledge, Kylinxia and Opabinia are the only two animals in the fossil record that currently share this anatomy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The short answer is: The two large eyes at the side of the head (known as ‘compound eyes’) are used for picking up shapes and colours in the immediate environment, whilst the three small eyes on the top of the head (known as the ‘ocelli’) are important for navigation and orientation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Luckily, bees have five eyes – including two large compound eyes and three simple eyes, also called ocelli. The compound eyes are located on either side of the bee’s head, while the ocelli are arranged in a triangular pattern on top of the bee’s head.