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that it would not readily be found by the bees ; and 

 then, after bringing a bee to the honey, to watch 

 whether it brought others, or sent them — the latter of 

 course implying a much higher order of intelligence 

 and power of communication. 



I therefore placed some honey in a glass, close to 

 an open window in my sitting-room, and watched it for 

 sixty hours of sunshine, during which no bees came 

 to it. 



I then, at 10 a.m. on a beautiful morning in June, 

 went to my hives, and took a bee which was just 

 starting out, brought it in my hand up to my room 

 (a distance of somewhat less than 200 yards), and gave 

 it some honey, which it sucked with evident enjoyment. 

 After a few minutes it flew quietly away, but did not 

 return ; nor did any other bee make its appearance. 



The following morning I repeated the same experi- 

 ment. At 7.15 I brought up a bee, which sipped the 

 honey with readiness, and after doing so for about four 

 minutes flew away with no appearance of alarm or 

 annoyance. It did not, however, return ; nor did any 

 other bee come to my honey. 



On several other occasions I repeated the same experi- 

 ments with a like result. Altogether I tried it more than 

 twenty times. Indeed, I rarely found bees to return to 

 honey if brought any considerable distance at once. By 

 taking them, however, some twenty yards each time they 

 came to the honey, I at length trained them to come to 

 my room. On the whole, however, I found it more con- 



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