130 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. June, 



few seconds. Dead rest for 40 sec- looking into two cells. Barbers her- 

 onds, when touched by a worker and self for 30 seconds. 2. Moves about 

 she sways to the other side and for four and a half minutes, looking 

 moves antennae about for 50 seconds, into six cells. Barbers herself for 30 

 when she is pushed out of the way seconds. 3. Is fed by a worker for 

 by a running worker. Moves anten- 20 seconds. Moves about for a 

 nae about for two minutes. Dead minute and a half. Rests three 

 rest for 30 seconds. Breathes for two minutes. 4. Rests a minute and a 

 seconds. Dead rest for one minute, half. Mbves about a minute. Rests 

 except breathing once and movement two and a half minutes." When 

 of antennae for 5 seconds. Dead busy gathering pollen and nectar she 

 rest for 30 seconds, excepting a few has a quite fixed procedure to go 

 jerky movements of antennae. Run through, to which I have not observ- 

 into by a worker and she moves about ed many exceptions. While moving 

 for 15 seconds. Dead rest for 40 slowly about in the hive in her usual 

 seconds, when touched by a worker, vvay she may suddenly start to bar- 

 Moves antennae about for 10 seconds, ber herself very vigorously, and then 

 Dead rest for one minute, when start in a wild run all over the hive, 

 touched by a worker, and she starts lasting sometimes for five minutes, 

 and moves antennae for 5 seconds. This running is an almost invariable 

 Dead rest for one minute, except a performance before she leaves the 

 few movements of antennae, and hive. She may be gone from a few 

 breathing once. Dead rest for one minutes to an hour, depending prob- 

 minute when she suddenly starts, ably mostly upon the distance she 

 moves antennae about for 30 seconds, has to go for the flowers. When she 

 Dead rest for one minute when touch- returns and enters the hive one of 

 ed by a worker, and she moves anten- two things or both almost always 

 nae about for 10 seconds. Dead rest occurs. , She may stop in a wild 

 for one minute, when she suddenly dance for a minute or more, consist- 

 starts and tips forward. Dead rest ing of a vibratory latteral motion of 

 for IS seconds, when she moves the abdomen. This seems to be for 

 antennae about for 30 seconds." the purpose of preventing the other 



When not in the busy season of vvorkers from robbing her of her pol- 

 pollen and nectar gathering, or when len. At least when she is going 

 from other causes she does not go through this performance several 

 out, she spends most of her time in w^orkers are generally arranged 

 the hive in what seems to be aimless around her, making an occasional 

 moving about over the cells, looking dive for her pollen baskets. But this 

 into one now and then, and occasion- apparent attempt at robbing seems 

 ally stopping to feed another bee or to be initiated as often by her danc- 

 be fed by it. A very large propor- ing as vice versa, for she often begins 

 tion of the time is spent in barber- the same when no other vvorkers are 

 ing herself, for which purpose she near her. After this, or in place of 

 may stop as often as every minute, it, she generally spends a minute or 

 The various duties of the hive, such two in thoroughly barbering herself, 

 as ventilating, building and capping and then proceeds to find a pollen 

 cells, and feeding the larvae queen cell and unloads. 



and drones, seems to require such a On the distribution of her activity 

 small proportion of each individual's over the twenty-four hours of the 

 time that I have observed it but a day I have the results of the obser- 

 few times with the eight marked bees vations as stated before. The eight 

 of which I have individual records, marked workers were watched on an 

 Between these other activities she average about twenty-four hours 

 changes off from one to the other at each. But they_ were generally 

 frequent and very irregular intervals, watched twenty minutes every hour, 

 and, like the queen, does not persist instead of every three hours, and at 

 long at a time in any one. I give the the times when they were apt to 

 following again as a typical twenty leave the hive they were watched all 

 minutes' observation on a marked the time. Only seven bees figure in 

 worker: Time, 1-2 p. m. "i. Moves the results of the next table,_ which 

 about for four and a half minutes, gives the average time spent in regfr- 



