THE SENSES OF BEES. 
Much uncertainty has prevailed on the subject of 
the senses possessed by this insect, not so much, per- 
haps, in regard to their existence as to the locality of 
the organs. Most naturalists admit their possession 
of five senses, analogous to those of man, though the 
celebrated Huber seems to have some doubt as to the 
existence of the faculty of hearing in Bees, at least 
without some important modifications. Greater diver- 
sity of opinion, however, prevails as to the situation 
of those organs by which the impressions of sight, 
touch, taste, sound, and smell are produced on their 
sensations ; and many curious experiments by diffe- 
rent naturalists have been made with a view to ascer- 
tain the truth, but which have not always led to the 
same results. In researches so minute, it is, perhaps, 
vain to look for perfect accuracy in our conclusions, 
and we must be satisfied with any tiling like a reason- 
able approximation to the truth. 
Sight . — In our remarks on the anatomical structure 
of the head of the Bee, we observed, that, besides the 
large reticulated eyes placed, as in other animals, on 
the sides of the head, this insect possessed three stem- 
