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made 28 journeys, but did not bring a single friend 

 with her. 



Experiment 7. — On July 19 I put a bee to a honey- 

 comb, which contained twelve and a half pounds of honey 

 at 12.30, and which was placed in a comer of my room 

 as far as possible from the window. That afternoon she 

 made 22 visits to it, and no other bee came. The 

 following morning she returned at 6.5 a.m., and I 

 watched her till 2. She made 22 journeys, but did not 

 bring a single friend with her. 



Experiment 8. — Another bee was also brought to 

 the same honeycomb, watched from 2.30 till 7.14. She 

 made 14 journeys, but did not bring a single friend. 



I might give other similar cases, but these are, I 

 think, sufficient to show that bees do not bring their 

 friends to share any treasure they have discovered, so 

 invariably as might be assumed from the statements 

 of previous observers. Possibly the result is partly 

 due to the fact that my room is on the first floor, so 

 that the bees coming to it flew at a higher level than 

 that generally used by their companions, and hence 

 were less likely to be followed. 



Indeed, I have been a good deal surprised at the 

 difficulty which bees experience in finding their way. 



For instance, I put a bee into a bell-glass 18 inches 

 long, and with a mouth 6^ inches wide, turning the closed 

 end to the window; she buzzed about for an hour, 

 when, as there seemed no chance of her getting out, 

 1 put her back into the hive. Two flies, on the 



