How many eyes does a bee have?

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The typical worker honeybee has five eyes.

It has two compund eyes. Each eye is made up of thousands of light-sensitive cells which help the bee understand color, light, and directional information from the sun's ultraviolet(UV) rays.

It also has three simple eyes that are arranged in the shape of a triangle on the head.These simple eyes called ocelli mostly help the bee determine the amount of light present in the environment. Source(s):
they have 5 eyes...2 large compound eyes and 3 simple eyes called ocelli A bee has five eyes.

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