RTrt JOIIX LUBBOCK ON ANTS, BKES, AND WAST'9. 4]'5 



Observations on Ants, Bees, and Wasps. — Part III. By Sir John 

 Lubbock, Bart., F.E.S., F.L.S., M.P., D.C.L., Vice-Chancellor 

 of the University of London. 



[Read Noyember 4, 1875.] 



Ants. 



In my second paper on this subject I gave some cases which show 

 that if ants find stores of food, they do not by any means in all 

 instances bring friends to assist in securing the treasure. 



Experiments with Larvae. 



Again, Feb. 7, I put some larvae in three porcelain cups in 

 the feeding-box of a frame containing a nest of Formica Jlava, about 

 6 inches from the entrance of the frame, and put at 8 and 8.29 a.m. 

 respectively two ants to the larvse in the left-hand cup. They 

 each carried off a larva and returned as follows : — 



No. 1. No. 2. 

 At 8.35 .... returned again and took another. 



9. 



9.30 

 9.54 



9. 7 

 9.20 



9.43 





9.56 





10.20 



10.25 



.... ,, ,, 



At 10.43 



a strange ant came to the larvae in the right-hand cup 



I imprisoned her. 

 At 11. returned again and took another. 



11. I 



11. 9 



11.15 



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11.20 





11.29 



11.37 



11.40 

 11.52 

 At 12.2 a stranger came to the larvae in the left-hand cup. I 

 imprisoned her. 



