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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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