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SIE JOHN LUBBOCK ON AKTS, BEES, AND WASPS. 



At 11.45 another ant accidentally found the fruit. I impri- 

 soned lier. 



At 11.50 the first returned, and fed till 11.56, when she went 

 off to the nest. On the way she met and talked with three ants, 

 none of whom, however, came to the fruit. At 12.7 she re- 

 turned, again alone, to the fruit. 



On March 29 I repeated the same experiment. There were 

 perhaps even more ants about than on the previous day. r.i , 



At 9.45 I put one (N 1) to a raisin. At 9.50 she went to 



9.55 I put another (N 2) to the raisin. 10.0 



l&.O N 1 came hack. 



10.7 „ 



10.11 N 2 



10.12 N 1 



10.13 put another (N 3) to the raisin. 

 10.16 N 1 back. 

 10.22 N 2 „ 



(I here overpainted N 2, and she returned no more.) ' [nest. 

 10.24 N 1 back. At 10.26 went to the 



laSONl „ 10.32 „ 



10.33 N 3 „ 10.35 „ 



10.35 N 1 „ (She met with an accident. At first she 

 seemed a good deal hurt, but gradually recovered.) 

 10.40 N 3 back. At 10.46 she went to 



10.46 a stranger came ; I bottled her 



10.47 



10.52 N 1 back. 



10.57 N 3 „ 



11.8 N3 „ 



11.10 a stranger came ; I ren 



11.11 „ „ mark 

 11.16 N3 back. At 11.18 went. 



[the nest. 



