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Researchers have found that bees see the world nearly five times as quickly as humans do, helping them to navigate through bushes and find food.
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Researchers have found that bees see the world nearly five times as quickly as humans do. Bumblebees have the fastest color vision of all animals, helping them to navigate through bushes to find food. Fast-flying insects commonly have an ability to see quickly, but it’s now clear that bees’ color vision—which burns more energy than monochrome sight—is able to keep up with their high-speed flying.

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