SfE JOHN LUBBOCK ON ANTS, BEBS, AND WASPS. 465 



At 11.55 she returned, leaving at 11.58 



12. 7 „ „ 12.11 



12.18 „ „ 12.21 



12.28 „ „ 12.31 



12.38 „ „ 12.41 



12.-17 „ „ 12.51 



12..56 „ „ 12.59 



1- 9 „ „ 1.15 



l-2i „ „ 1.27 



i;W „ „ 1.35 



IAS „ „ 1.52 



1.59 „ „ 2. 3 



2.12 „ „ 2.15 

 2.26 „ „ 2.30 

 2.38 „ „ 2.43 

 2.55 „ „ 3. 2 

 3.17 „ „ 3.24 

 .3.35 „ „ 3.43 

 3.55 „ „ 4. 



4.13 „ „ 4.17 

 4.35 „ „ 4.51 

 5.15 „ „ 5.26 

 6.29 „ „ 6.45 



I continued to watch till 8, but she came no more. During the 

 whole time no other ant came to the honey ; indeed very few left 

 the nest at all. I kept my eye on this ant for some days, and she 

 visited the honey every now and then, while very few others came 

 to it. 



As to Power of Communication. 



"With reference to the cases above recorded, in which, when ants 

 had discovered a store of food or larvae, others also found their way 

 to it, I was anxious to ascertain in what manner this was eifected. 

 Some have regarded the fact as a proof of the power of com- 

 munication ; others, on the contrary, have denied that it indi- 

 cated any such power. Ants, they said, being social animals, 

 naturally accompany one another ; moreover, seeing a companion 

 coming home time after time with a larva, they would naturally 

 conclude that they also would find larvae in the same spot. It 

 seemed to me that it would be very interesting to .determine 

 whether the ants in question were brought to the larvae, or whether 

 they came casually. To solve this question, I tried the following 



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