244 SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON BEES, WASPS, AND ANTS 



At 5.11 an ant came to wrong pin. 

 „ 5.12 „ right pin. 



I changed the pin. 

 „ 5.16 an ant came to the pin which I had put in the same 



place. 



riglit pin- 

 „ 5.19 

 „ 5.20 two ants „ with No. 2. 



ant No. 1 „ and went at 5.25. 



5.23 an ant „ •• this ant had been spoken 



to by No. 



o 



„ 5.26 another ant „ 



„ 5.35 „ !! 



„ 5.37 ,, ), 



„ 5.40 



„ 5.41 ant No. 1 „ and went at 5.49. 



„ 5.45 another ant „ 



., 5.50 



„ 5.51 ant No. 1 came back, and 5.54 went. 



„ 5.58 two ants came lo the right pin. 



„ 5.59 another ant „ „ 



, „ a wrong pin. 

 I changed the pin again. 



„ 6.49 an ant came to the pin which I had put in the same 

 place. 



„ 7. 1 another ant came to the right pin. 



„ 7.20 



,, 7.33 ,, ,, 



„ 7.46 ant No. 1 returned, 7.55 went. 



Thus during this time, from 4.50 until 7.50, twenty-nine ants 

 came, twenty-six went t o the right pin, while only three went up 

 any of the nine wrong ones. Moreover, out of these twenty-six, 

 only four were distinctly brought by the two ants which I had 

 shown the honey. 



On the 19th I tried a similar experiment. The marked ants 

 frequently brought friends with them ; but, without counting 

 these, from 3.20 to 8 o'clock, out of forty-iive ants, twenty-nine 

 went up the right pin, wliile sixteen went up the nine wrong ones. 



Thus on 



July 13, out of 27 ants, 19 went right and 8 wrong. 

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