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pot and took a long draught. All the workers that 
approached her seemed interested in her, waving 
their antennez in her direction or touching her, but 
none attempted to attack her, and they soon seemed 
to regard her presence as a matter of course; they 
also ceased to butt one another and peace was re- 
stored. The workers showed greater attachment 
to the new brood than to their own, no doubt 
because it consisted of pupz in a further advanced 
stage. The workers from the outdoor nest, four 
tiny ones, were dropped into the nest five minutes 
later and were well received. 
July 23. The returning workers sweep in 
through the window and descend almost to the 
floor, then they make a “bee line” for their table, 
seeing which they rise and in nine cases out of ten 
at once alight and run into the nest. 
July 31. The workers, which now number about 
twenty, have been lately busy forming a waxen 
covering over the nest. During the night 14 
square inches of this were constructed. 
August 2. When a worker flew to the window 
and found it closed it had the good sense to fly 
back again to the nest. 
When the nest was accidentally jarred or 
breathed upon there was a tremendous buzzing, 
that of the queen being the loudest and longest 
continued. At the same time a number of the 
workers ran out of the nest. When the com- 
motion subsided these workers were in no hurry 
to return to the nest, but stood for a long time 
