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Beautiful, Intimate portraits of bees from National Geographic
« on: February 02, 2014, 08:11:33 pm »
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Re: Beautiful, Intimate portraits of bees from National Geographic
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2014, 11:32:34 pm »
Look at the bumblebee. Do they have multiple sets of eyes across their face?
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Re: Beautiful, Intimate portraits of bees from National Geographic
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2014, 10:42:28 am »
Multiple eyes?  I noticed that as well.  I saw those 3 little dots on another bee too.  According to my book Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping by Dr. Dewey Caron,  those are ocellus.  They are a sensory organ who's exact function is unknown.  They respond to and receive light, but cannot see.  Bees that can fly under low light levels have prominent occelli.
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Re: Beautiful, Intimate portraits of bees from National Geographic
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2014, 09:04:37 am »
Beautiful pix !
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