SIB JOHN LTTBBOCK ON BEES, WASPS, AND ANTS. 245 



July 16, out of 30 ants, 16 went riglit and 14 wrong. 

 „ 18, „ 26 „ 23 „ 3 „ 



,, 19, „ 45 „ 29 „ 16 „ 



Or adding them all together, while there were ten pins at least, 

 out of 156 ants 103 came up the right pin, and only 53 up the 

 others. 



It certainly appeared to me that some of the ants were much 

 cleverer in finding their way to the honey than others ; several 

 ants which I put on honey came back to nearly the same place, 

 and yet did not seem able to find the exact spot. 



Again, some appeared to communicate more freely with their 

 friends than others ; and I have met with cases which show that some 

 ants certainly do not, under such circumstances, summon others 

 to their assistance. From this point of view the following obser- 

 vation may be compared with those already recorded. On the 1 st 

 August an ant came to the honey at 4.20 and went away a few 

 minutes afterwards. 



At 4.3G she returned, and at 4.41 went away again. 

 „ 4.52 „ 4.58 



„ 5.11 ,. 5.15 



„ 5.30 „ 5.35 



„ 6. 5 „ 0.10 



„ 6.21 „ 6.31 



„ 6.39 „ G.43 



„ 6.55 „ 6.59 



„ 7.30 „ 7.30 



„ 7.49 _ _ „ 7.54 _ „ _ 



Yet during all this time she brought no friend with her. 



The following additional observations were made after the read- 

 ing of the paper, at the dates severally mentioned below. 



Thus on the 3rd Jan. I placed some larva in three small porce- 

 lain saucers in a box 7 inches square attached to one of my frame- 

 nests. The saucers were in a row 6 inches from the entrance to 

 the frame and Ij inch apart from one another. 



At 1.10 an ant came to the larvae in the cup which I will call 



No. 1, took a larva, and returned to the nest. 

 At 1.24 she returned and took another. 

 1.45 „ „ 



2.10 she went to the further saucer. No. 3. I took her up 



and put her to No. 1. She took a larva and returned. 



2.24 she returned to cup No. 3. As there were only two 



