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I then left off observing ; but during the whole of this 

 time no other bee had come to the comb. 



October 9. I took a bee (No. 11) out of the hive 

 and put her to some honey : she returned and kept on 

 visiting it regularly. 



October 10. This bee came to the honey at 

 7.30 A.M., and went on visiting it ; but I was not able 

 to watch her continuously. During these two days no 

 other bee came to this honey. 



October 11. No. 11 came to the honey 



At 7.12 A.M., but did not alight. 



7.18 she returned. At 7.21 went back to hive. 



7.27 7.31 



7.38 7.44 



7.51 7.56 



8. 2 8. 8 

 8.15 8.22 

 8.30 8.35 

 8.41 8.46 



8.55 8.59 



9. 6 9.11 



9.20 9.25 



9.45 9.50 



9.55 10. 1 



10. 7 10.11 

 10.19 10.23 

 10.30 a strange bee came ; I killed her. 



10.35 she returned. At 10.40 went back to hive. 

 10.55 10.59 



11. 4 11. 8 



11.26 11.30 



11.35 11.38 



Another strange bee came. 



At 11.52 she returned. At 11.55 went. 



12. 7 12.12 



