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SIK JOHN LUBBOCK ON AKTS, BEES, AND WASPS. 



put a bee to some boney inside a flower-pot 5 inches high and 5 

 wide at the base. The flower-pot was laid on its side, and the 

 mouth closed, so that the bee had to come out througb the hole 

 in the bottom, which was about | an inch in diameter. To 

 make things easier for her, I made her a small alighting-board of 

 wood, the top of which was level with the hole. I then placed 

 the flower-pot on the spot where she was accustomed to find 

 the honey. She had made her first visit that morning at 6.45, 

 returning 



at 6.55 

 7. 5 

 7.14 



7.23 And whqn I put her, wbile feeding, into the 

 flower-pot, she found her way out without 

 difiiculty. 

 At 7.40 she returned, bvit did not seem able to find her 

 way ; so I put her in. The same thing 

 happened again at 

 7.50 



and 8.20 

 but at 8.38 she found her way in easily, and had no further 

 difficulty. She returned at 



8.53 









9. 5 







9.14 







9.25 







9.41 







9.55 







0. 6 This time a friend came with her and followed 



her in. I captured 



her. No. 



2 took no 



notice, but returned 







Vt 10.19 





At 12. 9 





10.30 





12.25 





10.44 





12.37 





10.54 





12.50 





11. 6 





1. 2 





11.20 





1.14 





11.31 





1.26 





11.44 





1.36 





11.55 





1.47 





