Are honey bees colour blind?

Bees have different photoreceptors than humans. We see colors based on red, blue and green. But they see them based on blue, green and ultraviolet light. Therefore, they cannot see red. Evolution has also given them an incredible flight vision. read more

While the bee has better colour and polarisation detection than us, their vision has less resolution, so what they see would look pixallated to us. So much so, that a lattice fence is a good obstacle for bees, with around 50% wood and space, the bees much prefer to fly up and over rather than attempt to fly through. read more

Bees that frequent red flowers either perceive them in color they can see, or the red flower is not being lost against a green background. Even though bees don't see red, they can see other reddish wavelengths such as orange and yellow. read more

Bees have the ability to distinguish colors, they have a trichromatic color vision, so bees can see the three primary colours of UV, blue and green (they can't see red though) in the way that humans detect red, blue and green. read more