124 SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON BEES AND WASPS. 



At 10. 15 she came out a third time; and againlhad to put her back. 

 At 10.55 she came out again, and still did not remember the door. 



Though I was satisfied that she really wished to return, 



and was not voluntarily remaining outside, still, to make 



the matter clear, I turned her out of a side window into 



the garden, when she at once returned to the hive. 

 At 11.15 she came out again ; and again I had to show her the way 



back. 

 At 11.20 she came out again ; and again I had to show her the way 



back (this makes five times) ; when, however, 

 at 11.30 she came out again after feeding, she returned straight 



to the hive. 

 At 11.40 she came out, fed, and returned straight to the hive. 

 At 11.50 she came out, fed, and returned straight to the hive ; she 



then stayed in for some time. 

 At 12.30 she came out again, but seemed to have forgotten the 



way back ; after some time, however, she found the door 



and went in. 



Again : — August 24 at 7.20 a bee came through the postern; 

 I fed her ; and though she was not frightened or disturbed, when 

 she had finished her meal she flew to the window and had evidently 

 lost her way ; so at 8 o'clock I in pity put her back myself. 



August 29. A bee came out to the honey at 10.10 ; at 10.12 she 

 flew to the window and remained buzzing about tiU 11.12, when, 

 being satisfied that she could not find her way, 1 put her in. 



Nay, even those who seemed to know the postern, if taken near 

 the other window, flew to it, and seemed to have lost themselves. 



This cost me a great many bees. Those which got into my 

 room by accident continually died on the floor near the window. 



This is also well shown by the following experiments : — At 10.15 

 I put a bee into a bell-glass 18 inches long and with a mouth 6g 

 inches wide, turning the closed end to the window ; she buzzed 

 about tin 11.15, when, as there seemed no chance of her getting, 

 out, I put her back into the hive. Two flies, on the contrary, which 

 I put in vdth her, got out at once. At 1 1 .30 1 put another bee and 

 a fly into the same glass ; the latter flew out at once. For half 

 an hour the bee tried to get out at the closed end ; I then turned 

 the glass with its open end to the light, when she flew out at 

 once. To make sure, I repeated the experiment once more, with 

 the same result. 



