Vol. XXI. October, 1911. No. 5. 



BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 



EXPERIMHXTS ON PATTERN-VISION OF THE 



HONEY BEE. 



II. TCRXKR. 



I vi K'Hir. ii, ,\. 



In my |M|M-r mi ihr "Color \'i-i"ii >f tin- H..IK-V Brr," pul>- 

 li-hrd in the BIIII..,.,I< \i. BULLETIN for < >rt.>u-r. 1910, some 



<-\prrimriit- were !-. -rilx-.l which, I think, dnn. >n-l ralr roii- 

 < ln-i\rlv ill. it I !(- c.m di-t riminalr l>n\vrrn colors. hi .\H\cni- 



IHT of ihai same year, J. II. l.o\rll' puMi-hrd the results of some 



researches ><>iidii<trd in .1 IILUIIHT (jiiiir diUfn'iu from my 

 mclliod; Inn uliiili Kd him to form lln- -,mic n mclu-ion. 



On pagi 277 of inv p.iprr is ihc follouin- p.ir.i^r.ipli : " Ho\\ 

 miniiii- are the drt.iiU that l.f-, observe I .un not pn-p.irrd to 



say; Inn th.u iln-\ do observe details is indicated by the following 



observations I In thr boxes u-rd in tin- i-\prriiin-iii- of s,.|-i,.^ 

 l\ . iln- lr.i\- o| (he IMIM-, n-i d \\i-n- riitcrt-d, from ilu- purtici . 



l>\ i in MI is oi an eccentric opening. In mo~i of the boxes this door- 



u.i\ \\.i- K i I. iii-nl. ir. iii otluT- it u.i- i in nl. ir. \\"hrn .1 !.<. ln~t 



approached one of these boxes, she had to search for the entrance. 



. \lici .1 tcu \\-\\\~. -In- \\onlil Kind on tin- porliro dirccth in front 

 ot thr entrance, .ind, in -omr cases, -lir uould llv into ihr ir.i\- 

 \\ilhont r\cn p.ni-iii;< on thr portico. - lor .iliout ,m hour 



3 li.nl ln-rn rollrrlin^ honry Iroin -omr of thr rrd .irtil.i< 

 h srrmril ih.it iir.nK all of ihr 1 iri's ill that part of thr held were 

 rollcrtiii- tioni tho-r artifacts. Almi^ >idr of one of thr rrd 

 !>o\r- I jilarrd a rrd 1 n>\ on ihr ^i<lr^ and top of \\hich I had pa -led 

 of \\ hit.- paprr. Thi- gave a 1 >o\ \\ith rrd front and >poll-d 

 Into thi- l>o\ I plarr.l -oino honey. The bees that ap- 



1 I. n veil. J. H., " I 1 1 , it tin- Hoin-y B.-c; Can BI-I-- I )i-tiiiL'iii~li ( , ,i,, ; 



.\tn<-r. \ilt.. \'nl. XI. IV.. Ni'V.. l';l". pp. 



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