PATTERN- VISION OF THE HONEY BEE. 



cornucopias were replaced by experiment boxes of the same color 

 patterns. At irregular intervals, the arrangement of the boxes in 

 each group was altered. All of the boxes marked :.//// alternate 

 n and red longitudinal stripes contained honey, the other arti- 

 facts were empty. 



Thi- experiment extended from noon to five P.M. Kxrept 

 \\hile tak-'nu a photograph, the artifact- v.ere \\atched cominu- 

 ou-lv. hiirin- that tinn- not a -.in^le entrance \va- made into 

 either tin- green or the red boxes; but eighty-nine entrance- 

 \\ere made into the -triped boxes; and each -uch lio\ was \i-ited 

 eral times. The visits were distributed as follo\\^: -tripe.! 

 \<n\ numlier one, ei-ln : -triped IK>X number t\\<>. lifieen; -triped 

 box number three, i\\e!\e; -triped box number four, seven; 



:ped box number fl\ e. I U ellt y-one. 



line of the cornui u-ed in thi- experiment leaked and 



lormed. on the -lightly inclined -take, a line of honey. ^e\eral 

 be - disi overed this honey and began to carry it to the hi \e. The 



line of hoiic\ was n the -ide of the stake that ua- turned auay 

 from me and I did not knou that the bee- had formed the habit 

 of collec tin^ lione\ from the -ide of the -take until experiment 

 -even \\a- half over. I -a\\ bee- living to that -ide , ,f the -tak( . 



bill I Ml|ipo-ed tlle\ Uete SOfTlC ot tile I " V- \\llo had fonilelh 



formed ihe hab : - honey from -meaivd leaves, and, 



-ince ! hail -ecu to it ill at I here \\ a- no hoin \ onanj "I the lea \ e-, 

 I di<l not i;i\e them much attention until I noticed that bee- \\eiv 



!ie<|iiei)tly ll\in- Iroin that |i'a<e to the hi\e. A n a- I 



ivali/ed that the\ had tormeil that habit. I co\ ered the hotie\- 

 \\ith road du-t, hopin- to induce the bee- to attend to m\ arti- 

 tact-. In-iead of entering the artifact-, the\ lontimied to ex- 

 amine the -take; -ionally one \\ould tl\' to another -take and 

 examine it. I hi- ua- not because thev had not noticed the 

 artifacts, but because the artifacts had acquired no meaniir. 1 to 

 them. Thev \\oiild frei|tieiitl\ ap|)ro.ich one ( ,f the ! con- 

 taining honey and ho\er betore it momentarily and then return 

 to searching the -take-. To them the -take- had come to mean 

 " hotie\ -bearei - " a nd they -eenied to it -e t he art it act - and neigh- 

 boring plant- as reference points. 



Mo-t .!' the b. -e- . . .n tinned to de-cribe tho-.' complicated mini- 



