KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Black is the most common eye colour for bees, although there are some species of bees that have different coloured eyes. Blue Carpenter Bees have stunning blue eyes, while silver Leafcutter Bees have pale green eyes.

Detailed explanation-2: -As well as two large eyes either side of its head, a bee has three ‘simple’ or ‘ocelli’ eyes on the top of its head. These detect light (but not shapes), meaning that a bee can sense if it is being approached from above by a predator.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bees and hoverflies have two sets of eyes – compound eyes and simple eyes. The compound eyes are the big, noticeable eyes at the side of the insect’s head, and they’re made up of lots of tiny photoreceptor cells, which are in groups called ommatidia1.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most common cause is ‘chilled brood. ‘ That means that the brood was not incubated at the proper temperature and finally succumbed to cooler temperatures, turning black during the process. Depending upon when that happened, the pupae would be in various stages of completion to adult bees.