. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. GENERAL CHAEACTERISTICS. 5 This question jMr. Cheshire answers, as will be seen fur- ther, in considering the antennaa. (26)* 12. The three small eyes, ocelli, are thought by Iilauriee Girard ("Les Abeilles," Paris, 1878), and others, to have a uiicroseopie function, for sight at short distances. In the hive, the work is performed in the dark, and possibly (?) these eyes are iitted for this Fig. 2. SMALL EYES. OR OCELLI OF THE DEONE. Magnified. (Copied from BarbS.) Ttie facets on each side belong to the large eyes 13. Their re
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. GENERAL CHAEACTERISTICS. 5 This question jMr. Cheshire answers, as will be seen fur- ther, in considering the antennaa. (26)* 12. The three small eyes, ocelli, are thought by Iilauriee Girard ("Les Abeilles," Paris, 1878), and others, to have a uiicroseopie function, for sight at short distances. In the hive, the work is performed in the dark, and possibly (?) these eyes are iitted for this Fig. 2. SMALL EYES. OR OCELLI OF THE DEONE. Magnified. (Copied from BarbS.) Ttie facets on each side belong to the large eyes 13. Their return from long distances, either to their hive or to the palace where they have found food, proves that bees can see very far. Yet, when the entrance to their hive has r".,een changed, even only a few inches, they cannot readily find it. Their many eyes looking in different directions, enable them * The reader will readily understand that the numbers between par- entheses refer to the paragraphs bearing those numbers. This is for the convenience of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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