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Oct. 11. 'No. 11 (continued). 



at 9.55 she returned, and at 10. 1 went back to the hive ; 

 » 10- 7 „ „ 10.11 



„ 10.19 „ „ 10.23 



„ 10.30 a strange bee came ; I killed her. 

 At 10.35 No. 11 returned,andat 10.40 went back to the hive ; 

 „ 10.55 „ „ 10.59 



„ 11. 4 „ „ 11. 8 



„ 11-26 „ „ 11.30 



„ 11.35 „ „ 11.38 



Another strange bee came ; I killed her also. 

 At 11.52 she returned, and at 11.55 went ; 

 „ 1^. 7 „ „ 12. Iw „ 



„ 12.17 „ „ 12.22 „ 



» 12.31 „ „ 12.36 „ 



„ 12.58 „ „ 1. 2 „ 



„ 1. 8 „ „ 1.12 „ 



„ 1.19 „ „ 1.23 „ 



1.30 „ „ 1.3i „ 



1.45 „ „ 1.48 „ 



2. 2 ,, „ 2. 6 „ 



„ 2.15 -„ „ 2.18 ,j 



„ 2.29 „ „ 2.35 „ 



„ 2.45 „ „ 2.47 „ 



„ 2.50 „ „ 2.52 „ 



)5 2.57 „ „ 3 „ 



after which she did not come any more that daj. It was, how- 

 ever, a bad day, and after 1 o'clock she was almost the only bee 

 which came out of the hive. The following morning she came to 

 the honey at 7.58 a.m., but did not alight, behaving just as she 

 had done the day before. 

 At 8. 6 A.M. No. 11 returned to the honey, an'd at 8. 9 she went ; 

 „ 8.14 „ „ „ 8.20 



„ 8.30 „ „ „ 8.34 



- „ 8.42 „ „ „ 8.46 



„ 8.54 „ „ „ 8.59 „ 



„ 9. J „ „ „ y.l4 „ 



„ J.IJ „ „ „ 9.24 „ 



„ 9.29 „ „ „ 9.33 „ 



„ 9.37 „ „ „ 9.44 



„ 9.54 „. „ but was disturbed. 



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