24 The Bee People. 
than an owl, which is saying a good deal. 
In fact, her head looks as if it were nearly all 
eyes, — for two large ones cover the sides. 
And if you will believe me, in the space 
between the two large eyes, right on top of 
her head, are three small ones! 
sim, Unless you shave Miss Apis’s 
“tym head you can see but one of 
ie \these small eyes at a time, as 
: “Sthere is a tuft of hairs in front 
Miss Apis’s face. of each, which hides it unless 
you are looking right down into it. In 
the picture Miss Apis’s head has been 
shaved. 
Five eyes! 
But that is not all. Each of her two large 
eyes is made up of about six thousand three 
hundred very small ones. 
Really, Miss Apis, twelve thousand six 
hundred and three eyes are a goodly supply 
for one bee. 
It is fortunate that she does not have to 
keep count of them, for if she counted an 
