Bruce Cady;
 
You asked for refs on bee ocellar function.  Here are the few I have in my
files.
 
The functions of the ocelli of Calliphora (Diptera) and Locusta
(Orthoptera), P.B. Cornwell, Exper. Biol. 32:217-237, 1955
 
Zur funktion von komplexaugen und ocellen bei der phototelotaxis der
honigbiene.  Experiments on the function of compound eyes and ocelli
concerning the phototactic behavior of honeybees, B. Frisch, Apidologie
14:281-282, 1983
 
Circadiane anderungen im endokrinen system der honigbiene, Apis
mellifera, effekt von haft und ocellenblendung, T. Heinzeller, J. Insect
Physiol. 22:315-321, 1976
 
Dorsal light receptors, W.B. Kerfoot, Nature 215:305-307, 1967
 
Correlation between ocellar size and the foraging activities of bees
(Hymenoptera: Apoidea), W.B. Kerfoot, Amer. Nat. 101:65-70, 1967
 
Uber die funktion der ocellen bei den Dammerungsflugen der
honigbiene, M. Lindauer & B. Schricker, Biol. Zent. 6:721-725, 1963
 
Second order ocellar neurons in the brain of the honeybee (Apis
mellifera), T. Heinzeller, Cell Tiss. Res. 171:91-99, 1976
 
Ocellar projections within the central nervous system of the worker honey
bee, Apis mellifera, K.C. Pan & L.J. Goodman, Cell Tiss. Res. 176:505-
527, 1977
 
Do trained honeybees with reliably blinded ocelli really return to the
feeding site?, M. Renner & T. Heinzeller, J. Apic. Res. 18:225-229, 1979
 
Hope these get you started!
 
C.P. Milne, Jr.
Dept. of Entomology
Washington State Univ.
Pullman, WA 99164-6432
 
BITNET:  MILNE@WSUVM1