4G8 SIB JOHN LUBBOCK ON ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. 



The ant with many larva; made 47 journeys and brought 1 

 friend. 



Exp. 16. — Time, 4^ hours. The ant with few larvse made 20 

 journeys and brought 1 friend. She did not return after the first 

 2 hours. The other ant made 53 journeys and only brought 2 

 friends. This latter was the same one as in the previous experi- 

 ment, when, however, she had the glass with only two or three 

 larvse. 



Exp. 17. — Time, 1 hour. The ant with few larvse made 6 

 journeys and brought no friend. The one with many larvse made 

 11 journeys and brought 12 friends. 



Exp. 18. — Time, 1| hour. The ant with few larvse made 25 

 journeys and brought four friends. The one with many larvse 

 made 20 journeys and brought 15 friends. 



Exp. 19. — Time, 4^ hours. The ant with few larvse made 74 

 journeys and brought no less than 27 friends. This is quite in 

 opposition to the other observations ; and I cannot account for it. 

 She was the ant who brought 15 friends in the previous expe- 

 riment, aad it certainly looks as if some ants were more influen- 

 tial than others. The ant with many larvse made 71 journeys and 

 only brought 7 friends. 



Exp. 20. — Time, 2 hours. The ant with few larvse made 35 

 journeys and brought 4 friends. The one with many larvse made 

 34 journeys and brought 3 friends. 



Exp. 21. — I now transposed the two glasses. Time, 1-| hour. 

 The ant with few larvse made 15 journeys and brought no friends. 

 The other made 35 journeys and brought 21 friends. 



Exp. 22. — I now transposed the glasses again. Time, 2 hours- 

 The ant with many larvse made 37 journeys and brought 9 friends. 

 The ant with few larvse made 18 journeys and brought no friend. 

 This, I think, is a very striking case. She was under observation 

 5i hours ; and the scene of her labour was the same throughout. 

 The first 2 hours she had few larvse and brought 4 friends ; then for 

 I5 she had many larvse and brought 21 friends ; then again for 2 

 hours she had few larvse and brought no friend. 



Exp. 23. — -Time, 1^ hour. The ant with few larvse made 25 

 journeys and brought 3 friends. The other made only 9 journeys, 

 but bi'ought 10 friends. 



Exp. 24.^ — I now transposed the glasses. Time occupied, 2 hours. 

 The ant which now had few larvse made 14 journeys, but brought 

 no friends. The other made 37 journeys and brought 5 friends.. 



