408 COMMUNICATION AMONG BEES. 



3.20 she returned. 3.32 she went. She was 



3.39 3.45 [disturbed. 



3.52 4. 



4. 7 4. 9 

 4.15 4.20 

 4.27 4.32 

 4.43 4.45 

 4.50 4.59 



5. 7 5.13 



5.25 5.31 



5.42 5.48 



5.56 6. 1 

 6.14 



During this time no other bee came to the honey. 



I had, on August 20, introduced some bees to honey 

 in my room, since which it had been much visited by 

 them. On the 24th I put a bee to some honey inside 

 a flower-pot five inches high and five wide at the base. 

 The flower-pot was laid on its side, and the mouth 

 closed, so that the bee had to come out through the 

 hole in the bottom, which was about ^ an inch in dia- 

 meter. To make things easier for her, I made her a 

 small alighting-board of wood, the top of which was 

 level with the hole. I then placed the flower-pot on 

 the spot where she was accustomed to find the honey. 

 She had made her first visit that morning at 6.45, re 

 turning 



At 6.55 

 7. 5 

 7.14 



7.23. I then arranged the flower-pot as de- 

 scribed, and put her, while feeding, into 

 it : she found her way out without diffi- 

 culty. 

 At 7.40 she returned, but did not seem able to find 



