PATTERX-VISTOX OF THE HONEY BEE. 2 57 



experiment ei'^ht; but honey was placed, not only in the striped box, 

 but also in red box number one and green box number two. When 

 the experiment teas about half over, red box number one was placed 

 where striped box number one had been and striped box number one 

 placed on the stake wade vacant by the removal of red box number 

 one; and green box number two was placed where striped box number 

 two had been and that striped bo.x placed on the stake made rat-ant bv 

 l he removal of <^reen box number two. The time occupied was about 

 toil' hour. 



Twentv-two entrances were nude into the striped boxes, lull" 

 before .iinl hall" .ificr ihc change \\.i- made in ihr arrangement 

 of the boxes; lull not a -hide \i-it \\a- made into the interior 

 (I ciihcr tin- n-d or \\\- . although one box of each of 



iho-e color- ( out. lined hoiu-\ . Thr \i-it- \\riv di-tributed as 

 |o|l<i\\-: -triped box number one. thirte. n: -triped l>o\ nnmber 

 t\\o. lour: ^iriped |,o\ niinilier three, li\ t -. ( >nr bee Imxered 

 belon- ihc hind end o red box number one t'or - t -\eral M-COIK| 

 ind ihen lieu to -iriped I >> >\ mimlier one. Another bee alighted 

 on the I ron t end o| red bo\ number om- ,md then departed. I' 

 olten paused moniciitariK' before all of the boxes; but the\ never 

 enterecl an\ that \\ere not marke-l \\ith alternate red and i;iven 

 Ion-it udinal -tri: 



I xri Ki\n \ i io. / nrniii'.'.i-il a\ in 



:n any of the boxes ami 



none hail ever , > duration of the experiment 



abon! 



Fourteen entrances were made into the >tri|K-d bo\c~ ; bm not 



a -iinje \i-it \\.i~ made to the interioi" of either the green <>r the 

 red box< I he \i-it- \\ere distributed as follou-: -triped box 



number one. -i\; -nipe<l box number t\\o. three; >iripeil box 

 number three, four. 



I KPERIMEN1 II. / iirtifu. >ved from 



the field; thus /<.. '>i!y one '^roup of boxes, all of which ; 



c:f>ty and non, ich had ever tontained ho>>ey. The time 



allo, -out ten minutes. 



Ten entrain v- \\ere made into the -triped bo.x, but not a ^inije 



visit was made to the interior of either of the other boxes. \\ hen 



I terminated the experiment, about -ix bee- were lio\rrin;j about 

 the Mriped box. examinin- it carefully. 



