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SIR JOHJf LUBBOCK ON BEES, AVASPS, AND A>"TS 



At 5.11 an ant came to wrong pin. 

 „ 5.12 „ right pin. 



I changed the pin. 

 „ 5,16 an ant caine to the pin which I had put in the same 



place. 

 „ „ rig^it pin. 



5.19 



5.20 two ants 

 „ ant No. X 

 5.25 an ant 



with No. 2. 

 and went at 5.25. 

 : this ant had been spoken 

 to by No. 2. 



„ 5. 20 another ant „ 



„ 5.35 „ jj . 



„ 5 37 



„ 5.40 



„ 5.41 ant No. 1 „ and went at 5.49. 



„ 5.45 another ant „ 



„ 0,50 „ „ 



„ 5.51 ant No. 1 came back, and 5.54 went. 



„ 5.58 two ants came to the right pin. 



„ 5.59 another ant „ „ 



JJ J, :, a wrong pin, 



I changed the pin again. 



„ 6.49 an ant came to the pin which I had put in the same 

 place. 



„ 7, 1 another ant came to the right pin 



„ 7.20 



„ 7.33 



„ 7.46 ant No. 1 returned, 7.55 went. 



Thus during this time, from 4.50 until 7.50, twenty-nine ants 

 came, twenty-six went to the right pin, while only three went up 

 any of the nine wrong ones. Moreover, out of these twenty-six, 

 only four were distinctly brought by the two ants which I had 

 shown the honey. 



On the 19th I tried a similar experiment. The marked ants 

 frequently brought friends with them ; but, without counting 

 these, from 8.20 to 8 o'clock, out of forty-five ants, twenty-uine 

 went up the right pin, while sixteen went up the nine wrong ones. 



Thus on 



July 13, out of 27 ants, 19 went right and 8 wrong. 

 » 15, „ 29 „ 17 „ 12 ^ "^ 



