54 THE BEE AS AN INSECT. [Ch. i. 



Numbers of other varieties may be expected to crop 

 up from time to time, as for instance the one last named. 

 Delia Rocca in the last century spoke of a "dawn- 

 coloured " bee that was brought from Holland and 

 Belgium, and which is probably one of the races in- 

 cluded with the Italian. Dr. Gerstacker thus classifies 

 the varieties : The North European (now spread all over 

 the world), the Italian with black breasts, the Italian 

 with yellow breasts, the Egyptian, the African, and the 

 Madagascar. Three South Asiatic bees he regards as 

 specifically distinct — Apis dorsata, indica, and florea. 

 Mr. F. Smith adds zonata and nigrocinda, and inclines to 

 make a species of fasciata (the Egyptians). 



§ VII. FACULTIES AND FUNCTIONS. 



It would be trenching too much upon our limits if we 

 were to venture into the inviting field to which this 

 heading might introduce us. Still the extreme interest 

 of the subject renders it perhaps desirable that some 

 succinct allusion should be made to it, even if it be for 

 little more than to remark that the information we have 

 to give is scattered through other sections and chapters. 

 Especially as some might be disposed to skip the unat- 

 tractive portion on " Anatomy and Physiology," it may 

 be well to state here that in the second section of that 

 chapter will be found a brief account of the sight and 

 other senses of bees, and of the uses of their antennas, 

 by which they seem to feel, hear, smell, and communicate. 



