SIE JOHN LTJBBOCK ON ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. 



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At 1.57 At 4.44 



2. 9 4.55 



2.19 5.10 



2.31 5.24 



2.43 5.35 

 2.59 5.46 

 3.23 5.58 



3.33 6. 9 



3.44 6.20 

 3.56 6.42 

 4. 7 7. 

 4.21 7.15 



4.34 making 59 visits. 



After -whicli she came no more that day. With the one exception 

 above mentioned, during the whole time no other bee came to the 

 honey. I might also mention that I had put out six similar flower- 

 pots in a row, and that this seemed to puzzle the bee a good deal ; 

 she frequently buzzed about before them, and flew from one to 

 the other before entering. When she went in, she generally stood 

 still just inside the entrance for about thirty seconds, buzzing 

 loudly with her wings. I thought at first whether this could be 

 intended as a sort of gong to summon other bees to the feast ; but, 

 though several were flying about, at any rate none came. The fol- 

 lowing day (Aug. 25) she came at 6.51, and had made nine journeys 

 up to 8.41, when I left off' watching. During this time no other 

 bee came. 



Aug. 26. She came at 6.33, and up to 8.43 had made 13 journeys. 



27 „ 6. 7 „ 8.43 „ 14 „ 



28 „ 6.17 „ 7.11 „ 5 



It was a gloomy morning. No other bee came. 



Wasps. 



In my previous paper I endeavoured to show that wasps are 

 entitled to at least as much credit as bees for industry. Indeed, 

 as far as my experience goes, they both begiA to work earlier in 

 the morning and continue later in the evening. But without 

 making any invidious comparisons, the following cases which I 

 give as showing that wasps do not by any means always bring 



