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SIB JOHN LrBBOCK ON ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS. 



friends to share any good things they may have discovered, also 

 prove their great industry. Thus : — 



Ju]y. I marked a wasp (V. vulgaris, $) and put her to some 

 honey. All day she kept coming back tiU past 8 in the even- 

 ing, but brought no friend. I do not think it necessary to give 

 the times of all her visits ; but I may give the times for a few. 

 Eor instance, 



At 3.13 she came to the honey, and at 3.14 returned to her nest. 

 3.16 „ „ 3.18 



Thus having made no less than 19 journeys ia one hour. 



On the 10th of September, 1875, I marked a wasp. On the 



11th she came to the honey for the first time, 



returning at 7.25, and left at 7.27, 

 7.34 „ 7.37 



7.41 „ 7.44 



7.49 „ 7.51 



7.56 „ 7.58 



8. 3 „ 8. 6 



8.13 „ 8.16 



8.20 „ 8.23 



8.30 „ 8.32 



8.37 „ 8.40 



8.46 „ 8.51 



She was disturbed. 



