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much honey coming to the hive or that strange 

 bees are robbing them. The distance of the 

 flight is gradually lengthened until the worker 

 becomes so familiar with the hive and its sur- 

 roundings that it is no longer necessary for 

 her to make note of her situation. She will then 

 fly directly to the field and return to the exact 

 place where the hive stood, even though it has 

 been removed before she left. It thus becomes 

 necessary to use great care in moving the hive 

 to either make the distance so gi^eat that every- 

 thing will be strange and the bees will make 

 note of the change or else move it but a very 

 short distance each day so that they will be 

 able to find it after they return to the former 

 position. 



After the worker is two or three weeks old 

 she will begin her trips to the field in search of 

 honey or pollen and will continue the outside 

 work as long as she lives. 



In summer when the harvest is on, the 



