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COMMUNICATION AMONG BKES. 



I thee left off observing ; but during the whole of this 

 time no other bee had come to the comb. 



October 9. — I took a bee (No. 11) out of the hive 

 and put her to some honey: she returned and kept on 

 visiting it regularly. 



October 10. — This bee came to the honey at 

 7.30 A.M., and went on visiting it ; but I was not able 

 to watch her continuously. During these two days no 

 other bee came to this honey. 



October 11. — No. 11 came to the honey 



At 7.12 A.M., but did not alight. 



7.18 she returned. At 7.21 went back to hive. 



7.27 

 7.38 

 7.51 



8. 2 

 8.15 

 8.30 

 8.41 

 ^.55 



9. 6 

 9.20 

 9.45 

 9.55 



10. 7 

 10.19 



7.31 



7.44 



7.56 



8. 8 



8.22 



8.35 



8.46 



8.59 



9.11 



9.25 



9.50 



10. 1 



10.11 



10.23 



10.30 a strange bee came ; I killed her. 



10.35 she returned. At 10.40 went back to hive. 



10.55 „ 10.59 „ 



11. 4 „ 11. 6 „ 



11.26 „ 11.30 „ 



11.35 „ 11.38 „ 



Another strange bee came. 



At 11.52 she returned. At 11.55 went. 

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