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Just wander off the beaten path & see what you may find I did that today & discovered these amazing beings!
Apparently Bees use the position of the sun to navigate and there is evidence too of their sensitivity to the earth's magnetic field. Also bees' eyes are sensitive to polarized light, which penetrates through even thick cloud, so they are able to 'see' the sun in poor weather.
As well as two large compound eyes on either side of its head, the bee has three 'ocelli' on the top of its head. The ocelli can detect the transition from darkness to light. They use them to detect where the horizon is. If the horizon moves up it means the bee is flying down so it can rotate the angle of its wings to compensate. In this way the bee can make sure it is flying along a flat plain to achieve a greater distance over a shorter space of time.