SIB JOHN LUBBOCK ON BEES, WASPS, AND ANTS. 



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At 9.34 she came back, and 



9.49 



10.11 



10.27 



10.44 



12.52 „ 



1. 3 

 1.30 

 1.51 

 after which I was unable to go on watching 

 Another ant the same morning 

 came to the honey at 6.55 a.m., 

 Eeturned at 7-10 



7.34 

 7.45 

 8. 2 

 8.17 

 8.31 

 8.44 

 8.59 

 after which she came back no more, 

 others had come to the honey. 



That ants have a certain power of communication has been 

 proved by Huber and other observers. Several striking cases are 

 mentioned by M. Forel. For instance (op. cit. p. 297), an army 

 of Amazon ants, on an expedition in search of slaves, attacked a 

 nest of Formica rujibarhis. In a few seconds (quelques secondes) 

 the dome of the nest was covered with F. ruJiharUs, which rushed 

 out to defend their house. 



On another occasion he placed a number of Tetramorium ccbs- 

 pitum about four inches from a colony of Pheidole pallidula, 

 "En un din d'oeil," he says (p. 384), "I'alarme fut repandue, et 

 des centaines de Pheidole se jeterent au devant de I'ennemi." 



Again, he (p. 349) placed some earth containing a number of 

 Tetramorium about four inches from a nest of StrongylognatTius 

 Huheri. Several combats took place ; but after the lapse of a few 

 minutes (quelques minutes) a whole army of S. Huheri emerged 

 and attacked the intruders. 



On another occasion, some Amazon ants (p. 301) were search- 

 ing in vain for a nest of Formica rufiharlis. After a while some 

 of them found the nest. "Immediately" (aussitot), he says, "a 



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During this time fifteen 



