26 The Bee People. 



you a portion of the eye considerably 

 magnified. 



Whoever goes as far as Miss Apis does 

 in search of flowers needs good eyes that 

 can see a long distance. She has been^ 

 known to fly four or five miles in^ 

 search of flowers; just think of going/ 

 back and forth from hive tog 

 flowers and flowers to hivei 

 any such distance as thatl 

 As a rule, however, Miss Apis goes oniy a 

 little way, half a mile or so, but even for 

 this she needs good, far-seeing eyes. 



And she has them, — for her compound 

 eyes are very far-sighted. 



This is probably the reason she needs 

 the three small eyes, which are near- 

 sighted and enable her to see things close 

 at hand. 



Although she possesses such a prodigious 

 number of eyes. Miss Apis has no eyelids. 

 No, indeed ! she has eye-hairs instead, that 

 point outward and do not prevent her see- 



