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! 



Unless you shave Miss Apis's 

 head you can see but one of 

 |these small eyes at a time, as 

 'there is a tuft of hairs in front 

 Miss Apis's face, of cach, which hidcs 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 



