CHAPTER VIII. 
Eyes of Bees. — Antennae. — Sense of Touch. — Hearing. — 
Their Economy of Time. — Queen Elizabeth. — Value of 
Time. — Former Custom of Destroying Bees. — Modern 
Hives. — Thomson on Cruelty to Bees. — Ventilation of 
Hives. — Who taught the Bee — Enemies of the Bee.— 
Bee Moth.— Fortifications of a HiveT — Gratitude to 
God for the Volume of Nature. 
The eye of the bee is large, and composed of 
agreat number of little six-sided surfaces, or facets, 
thickly set with hairs. In addition to the two 
eyes common to animals, the bee has three bright 
spots upon the top of the head, supposed to be 
eyes, and intended to give an upward vision while 
she is gathering food from the cups of flowers. 
As bees fly straight to their hives from long dis- 
tances, it has been thought that their sense of 
vision is very acute ; yet we often see them blunder- 
ing about their homes, running their heads against 
the hives, and at last compelled to find their way 
in by their feelers. 
