Sia JOHN liUBBOCK ON BEES AND WABPS. 133 



This was the last. visit that day. She made therefore thirty- 

 eight visits during the time she was watched, which was not quite 

 eight hours. She was at work from 6.55 to 6.15 ; and assuming 

 that she was occupied in the same manner during the three hours 

 when she was not watched, as during the rest of the time, she 

 would have made over fifty visits to the honey during the day. 



"Wishing, however to have a complete record of a day's work, 

 I watched her the following day without intermission. 



