Compound Eye of Bee
Arthropod eyes are called compound eyes because they are made up of repeating units, the ommatidia, each of which functions as a separate visual receptor. Compound Eye of Bee © fb.com/SumanKalyanBiswasPhotography Like most insects, bees have compound eyes that are made up of thousands of tiny lenses called ommatidia. front view of Bee courtesy: google.com Each ommatidium consists of a lens (the front surface of which makes up a single facet) a transparent crystalline cone , light-sensitive visual cells arranged in a radial pattern like the sections of an orange pigment cells which separate the ommatidium from its neighbors. compound eye of bee © fb.com/SumanKalyanBiswasPhotography front view of Bee courtesy: google.com This allows bees to detect polarized light -- something human beings cannot do. two compound eyes, which are used for distance vision outs...