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APPENDIX H. 

 Hearing in Bees. 



The following are the experiments refeiTed to on 

 p. 291 :— 



On September 30, 1882, I put out a small quantity 

 of honey on my lawn, and brought some bees to it. I 

 then set a musical box going, and continually replen- 

 ished the honey and wound up the box. The weather 

 was lovely, and all day a certain number of bees visited 

 the honey. 



Then, on October 8, I removed the honey to an 

 open window on the first floor, and set the musical box 

 playing as usual by its side. I waited half an hour, 

 but not a "bee came. I need hardly say that the music 

 was quite audible on the lawn. I then again put the 

 musical box and the honey on the lawn, and the bees 

 very soon again began work. After the lapse of an 

 hour I brought the honey and musical bos into the 

 house, and placed them at an open drawing-room win- 

 dow less than 15 yards from where they had stood 

 on the lawn. The music was kept going for an hour, 

 but not a bee came. 



The following day was again extremely fine. The 

 bees came as usual to the honey. I let them feed till 

 10 A.M., when I removed the honey as before to the 

 drawing-room. After the lapse of half an hour I set 

 the box playing, and waited half an hour, but not a bee 

 came. 



1 then put the honey and musical box again out on 



