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SIB JOHN lubbock: on bees, wasps, and ants. 



At 7.39 one came 



to the 



right pin. 



„ 7.40 



» 









„ 7.41 



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„ 7.43 



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„ 7.45 



» 









» 7.46 



j> 









» 



» 





wrong 



» 



jj 







j> 



„ 7.47 two 



)> 







JJ 



„ 7.48 one 



JJ 





right 



„ the first ant 



came back. 



„ 7.49 another came to the right pin 



„ 7.50 „ 







» 



wrong „ 



„ 7.51 „ 







JJ 



right „ 



„ three 







JJ 



wrong „ 



„ 7.52 one 







>s 



right „ 



„ 7.55 „ 







5J 



wrong „ 



)5 JJ 







JJ 



right „ 



» 7.57 „ 







JJ 



wrong „ 



„ 7.58 „ 







JJ 



right „ 



„ 7.59 „ 







JJ 



wrong „ 



Thus after 7 o'clock twenty-nine ants came ; and though there; 

 were ten pins, seventeen of them went straight to the right pin. 



On the 16th July I did the same again. At 6.25 I put an ant 

 to the honey ; at 6.47 she went. 



At 6.49 an ant came to the right pin. 

 6.50 another „ „ 



6.55 „ „ „ 



6.56 „ „ wrong pin, and then to the right ong^ 



6.58 „ „ right pin. 



7 



' )j J) JJ 



,, 7. 5 the^first ant came back, and remained at the honey till 



7.11. 



„ another came to the right pin ; but she was with the first. 



„ 7. 6 another ant came to the right pin. 



7 6 

 JJ ' • " JJ JJ 



JJ 7.12 „ „ 



JJ 7.13 „ „ 



These two ants were met by the first one, which crossed an- 

 tennae with them, when they came straight to the honey. 

 At 7.14 another ant came straight to the honey. 



