GEXERAL CHARACTERISTICS. 



This question Mr. Cheshire answers, as will be seen fur- 

 ther, in considering the antennae. (26)* 



12. The three small eyes, ocelli^ are thought by Maurice 

 Girard ("Les Abeilles," Paris, 1878), and others, to have a 

 microscopic function, for sight at short distances. In the 

 hive, the work is performed in the dark, and possibly (?) 

 these eyes are fitted for this purpose. 



Magnified, 

 the large eyes 



Fig. 2. 



SMALL EYES, OR OCELLI OF THE DRONE. 



(Copied from Barbo.) The facets on each side belong to 



13. Their return from long distances, either to their hive 

 or to the place where they have found food, proves that bees 

 can see very far. Yet, when the entrance to their hive has 

 been changed, even onlj' a few inches, they cannot readily find 

 it. 



Their many eyes looking in different directions, enable them 



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