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ten found their way home. He tried the 
game experiment several times, in one case 
taking them a little over two miles. On 
an average about a third of the Bees found 
their way home. “La démonstration,” says 
Fabre, “est suffisante. Ni les mouvements 
enchevétrés d’une rotation comme je I’ai dé- 
crite ; ni obstacle de collines 4 franchir et de 
bois 4 traverser ; ni les embifiches d’une voie 
qui s’avance, rétrograde, et revient par un 
ample circuit, ne peuvent troubler les Chalico- 
domes dépaysés et les empécher de revenir 
au nid.” 
I must say, however, that I am _ not 
convinced. In the first place, the distances 
-were I think too short; and in the second, 
though it is true that some of the Bees found 
their way home, nearly two-thirds failed to 
do so. It would be interesting to try the 
experiment again, taking the Bees say five 
miles. If they really possess any such sense, 
that distance would be no bar to their return. 
I have myself experimented with Ants, taking 
them about fifty yards from the nest, and I 
always found that they wandered aimlessly 
