498 SIR JOHN tiUlJBOOE ON ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS, 



tlie strip of paper. They began to recover in three quarters of an 

 hour, but were uot quite themselves till half an hour afterwards. 

 During the first three quarters of an hour two marked ants 

 passed, each four times ; and two others also went by. During 

 the following half-hour the two marked ants passed 16 times, and 

 three strangers ; but none of them took any notice. 



I immersed another ant for forty minutes, and put her on the 

 strip of paper. She recovered in twenty minutes, during which 

 time two strangers passed, and the marked ants, which were the 

 same as in the preceding case, went by 14 times without taking 

 any notice. 



I immersed two auts for ten hours, and then placed them on 

 the strip of paper. The same two marked ants passed respectively 

 18 and 26 times, and oue stranger passed again, without taking 

 any notice. After this I left off watching. 



I immersed two ants for four hours, and then put them on the 

 strip of paper. They began to recover in an hour, during which 

 two marked ants, not the same as in the preceding case, passed re- 

 spectively 28 and 10 times, and two others went by ; but none of 

 them took any notice. 



I immersed an ant for an hour, and then put her on the same 

 strip of paper as in the previous cases. A marked ant passed her 

 twelve times ; and three others also took no notice ; but, on the 

 other hand, a fourth picked her up and carried her oif into the nest. 



Again, I immersed an ant for an hour, and put her on the string. 

 The marked ant passed twice, after which she did not return. 

 Soon after, another ant came by and, picking up the immersed one, 

 carried her off to the nest. 



I do not bring forward tViese cases as proof or even as evidence 

 that ants are less tender to friends in distress than previous obser- 

 vers have stated to be the case ; but they certainly show that ten- 

 derness is not invariably the rule ; and, especially when taken in 

 conne.vion with the two following cases, they are interesting illus- 

 trations of the individual differences existing between ants — that 

 there are Priests and Levites, and good Samaritans, among them 

 as among men. 



Bees, 



Their Appreciation of Colour. 



Bees soon accustom themselves to look for honey on papers of 

 particular colours. For instance, on Sept. 13, at 1 1 a.m., I bcought 



