SENSES OP BEES. 
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resides in the antennas % is still more 
admirable: it is substituted for, and 
completely supplies the want of sight 
in the interior of the hive. The bee 
constructs its combs in darkness; it 
pours its honey into the magazines, 
feeds its young, judges of their age 
and necessities, and recognizes its 
queen, all by means of the antennae. 
Queens deprived of one of their an¬ 
tennae, did not Gease to lay, and the 
same respect was paid them by the 
bees. Bat when both these organs 
were amputated, their instinct was 
quite impaired. They dropped their 
The antennae are those small flexible horns 
situated in the heads of insects. 
