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Western honey bee vision vs human vision: what is different?

Sees ultraviolet, a colour you can't see at all. Sees about 255 times less detail than you. Drag the line to see the difference, then try both on your own photo.

Red tulips under a blue sky, as you see them.

Red tulips under a blue sky as a western honey bee sees them (simulation): colours remapped to its 3 receptor classes, and fine detail softened.

Try both on your photo

A simulation made from published eye studies. Not what the animal feels.

Head to head

Sees ultraviolet, a colour you can't see at all.
Sees about 255 times less detail than you.
Fast things look about 3.7 times slower to a western honey bee.
Active by day, like you.

Play today's Guess the Eye: can you tell whose eyes are whose?

More face-offs: all face-offs. How does the western honey bee see? · How does the human see?

The science behind it: the numbers and studies for the western honey bee