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At 10.55 she came out again, and still did not remember the- 



door. Though I was satisfied that she really wished 



to return, and was not voluntarily remaining outside ; 



still, to make the matter clear, I turned her out of 



a side window into the garden, when she at once 



returned to the hive. 

 At 11.15 she came out again ; and again I had to show her the 



way back. 

 At 11.20 she came out again; and again I had to show her the 



way back (this makes five times) ; when, however, — 

 At 11.30 she came out again after feeding, she returned straight 



to the hive. 

 At 11.40 she came out, fed, and returned straight to the hive. 

 At 11.50 she came out, fed, and returned straight to the hive; 



she then stayed in for some time. 

 At 12.30 she came out again, but seemed to have forgotten the 



way back ; after some time, however, she found the 



door and went in. 

 Again : — August 24 at 7.20 a bee came through the post- 

 em : I fed her ; and though she was not frightened or disturbed,, 

 when she had finished her meal she flew to the window and had 

 evidently lost her way ; so at 8 o'clock I in pity put her back 

 myself. 



August 29. — A bee came out to the honey at 10.10 ; at 10.12 

 she flew to the window, and remained buzzing about till 11.12, 

 when, being satisfied that she could not find her way, I put 

 her in. 



Nay, even those who seemed to know the postern, if taken 

 near the other window, flew to it, and seemed to have lost 

 themselves. 



This cost me a great many bees. Those which got into my 

 room by accident continually died on the floor near the 

 window. 



These observations show that even when a bee is not 

 carried from the hive to the honey, but herself j^^es to it, 

 her sense of direction is not alone sufficient to enable her 

 to find the way back to the hive — or, rather, to the unac- 

 customed entrance to the hive from which she had come 

 out. Probably if the side window had been open, the bee 

 would have returned to the hive round the corner of the 

 house, and through the entrance to which she was most 

 accustomed. But as it was she had to learn, by five or 



