Bee I

 

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Courtesy of Ms. Laurie Luckenbill, Center for Solid State Science (Arizona State University).

 
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The image above shows the head of a honeybee.  The bee senses its environment through two tubular antenna, two hemispherical compound eyes and three ocelli.

What is the shape of the lenses on the bee's compound eyes?
How many lenses do you think are on each eye?

More information can be found in Music of Spheres module on this site.

This image was taken using a scanning electron microscope (SEM).