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ten found their way home. He tried the 

 same experiment several times, in one case 

 taking them a little over two miles. On 

 an average about a third of the Bees found 

 their way home. "La demonstration," says 

 Fabre, " est suffisante. Ni les mouvements 

 enchevStres d'une rotation comme je I'ai d^- 

 crite ; ni I'obstacle de coUines a franchir et de 

 bois h traverser ; ni les embuches d'une voie 

 qui s'avance, retrograde, et revient par un 

 ample circuit, ne peuvent troubler les Chalico- 

 domes d^pays^s et les emp^cher de revenir 

 au nid." 



I must say, however, that I am not 

 convinced. In the first place, the distances 

 were I think too short ; and in the second, 

 though it is true that some of the Bees found 

 their way home, nearly two-thirds failed to 

 do so. It would be interesting to try the 

 experiment again, taking the Bees say five 

 miles. If they really possess any such sense, 

 that distance would be no bar to their return. 

 I have myself experimented with Ants, taking 

 them about fifty yards from the nest, and I 

 always found that they wandered aimlessly 



