BBC News - Database shows how bees see world in UV

BBC News - Database shows how bees see world in UV
"This research highlights that the world we see is not the physical or the 'real' world - different animals have very different senses, depending on the environment the animals operate in," said Professor Lars Chittka from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences.
"Much of the coloured world that's accessible to bees and other animals with UV receptors is entirely invisible for us. In order to see that invisible part of the world, we need this special machinery."
But what is the point of such a tool beyond giving researchers an insect's view?
Professor Chittka says seeing these invisible colours may have commercial applications in the greenhouse and beyond.
"Every third bite that you consume at the dinner table is the result of insect pollinators' work. In order to utilise insects for commercial pollination purposes, we need to understand how insects see flowers.
"We need to understand what kind of a light climate we need to generate in commercial glass houses to facilitate detection of flowers by bees."