~ What The Bees Sees ~ by NekhbetSun

2D • Animals • posted on Feb 16, 2008

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Mornin' All *S* Ever since I saw a doc many moons ago on bees that stated they see colors we don't, since they can recognize UV light, I've been fascinated by this. In fact, birds and some other animals and insects do too. Who knows what wonderful colors are just beyond our reach. "Ultraviolet light, invisible to us, uncovers colors and patterns which draw them to the source of pollen and nectar - all hidden to humans without special equipment. Although both honey bees and people have a visual system based upon three-colors, the limits of this color sensitivity are very different. People cannot see very far into the Violet or Ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic visual spectrum. We are essentially blind to wavelengths of light below 400 nanometers/millimicrons (light in this regions is called UV-A and UV-B light). These are the powerful light rays which cause us to tan or sunburn. Bees can see these invisible-to-us rays of light! Another interesting difference happens at the opposite end of the visible spectrum. We can easily see the color of a red sweater or red fire engine (at least many of them used to be red!). To a honey bee, however, the color red is invisible. They see red objects as black, or the absence of color. Bees are not colorblind and they can see "secret" colors that we cannot." Info excerpted from: click Have a great Saturday and thanks for all comments n faves *S* ~ Love & Hugs ~ * Mina *

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Comments (108)

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irakika

7:42AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Very nice colors & work, well done!

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larparmit

7:49AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Thank you for the wonderful info really interesting stuff! and the picture is superb!

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RyverMyst

7:50AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

What a veritable wealth of information you've given us. Fantastic,and thank you.

Realm_Of_Illusion

7:50AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

This is so interesting, thanks a lot for sharing this information. Your image is awesome, I love the way you blended all the colors, there is so much balance and so many details and I really like the eye, to me it gives the feeling of an awareness of all that is happening and a feeling of secret knowledge. Bees were also very respected by some cultures, in England in the old days beekeepers were shamans, also it has been said that accuponcture was drawn from the bees and the way they sting; they are fascinating beings! Great work Mina :)

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doarte

8:01AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Sensational work and the info is fascinating.

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Darkwish

8:20AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Very impressing work!

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thecytron

8:22AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Interesting idea!

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TheAnimaGemini

8:22AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Very interesting Mina. Thanks for the info. The colors are awesme. Fantastic blending.

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mamabobbijo

8:26AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

What a cool thing to be able to see secret colours! I wonderf if it's shared by little ones, they see such interesting things, that seem to be visible only in the corners of our eyes.

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Chipka

8:34AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Interesting concept...bee vision has always fascinated me, especially since yellow jackets (nasty little buggers) see in the same way. I've gotten close to yellow jacket nests, enough so that I could poke my finger into them...gently of course and I've never been stung. A biologist friend of mine told me that it's possible that my "color signatures" don't indicate fear and they likely "see" my ambient colors NOT spiking into the infrared, as would happen with a frightened animal...thus they PROBABLY thought I was a really UGLY plant. No matter... The image itself is fantastic, it holds your signature touches of brilliance and subtlety, and this is definitely one of my favorites, for many, many reasons.

Harmen

8:51AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

WOW thats quite a story but MOST important this magnificent piece of artwork very well done!!! BRILLIANT!

wannes

8:58AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

There's a lot to see here... great piece of artwork!!!!

ARTWITHIN_II

8:59AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Stunning image, Mina. The colors knock my socks off. The luminous quality is really great. The information was very interesting. Now, I can't wait to see all tose secret colors someday. ;)

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2Loose2Trek

9:02AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Excellent artwork dearest Mina ... and interesting topic regarding the limits of human perception. Despite the high metabolic cost, our little brains work overtime to extend our sensory capabilities to attain the capabilities of the other animals. Through various technologies, we've managed to outdo them all. The downside is that while most of nature nature appears to operate in a circular fashion, technology and its concomitant depletion of the environment is linear. Well done dear. HUGS

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mansco

9:06AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Oh thanks for your info! Love this picture ;O)

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jocko500

9:23AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

yes I understand what you saying and I do use a UV Light at play with. I like to put it on some flowers to see if I can see like a bee. this is wonderful looking

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caviedes

9:36AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Lovely story and image, well done Mina!!!

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awjay

9:55AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

THANK YOU FOR SHARING INFO AND IMAGE MY FRIEND.......

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magnus073

10:04AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Superb work Mina and now you have me thinking about something I never considered before in what they see. Well done all around

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A_Sunbeam

10:16AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Lovely colour - great collage!

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lookit

10:21AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Very well done

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e-brink

10:25AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

A lovely rich piece of work. Thank you!

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JillianElf

10:27AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

I have always found bees fascinating although I am quite allergic to the little critters....there are so many interesting facts about them...and this is the "bees knees" Mina...lovely color combinations and shapes! :)

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DeathTwister

10:32AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Oh yes what a wonderful Idea, Kinda like what the Predator seeing when he is going through his little Arm Band device he has, Cool Idea Sweetie.... And incredibly well done.

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