626 SIE JOHN LUBBOCK ON ANTS, BEES, AND -WASPS, 



honey over it, placing the old honey on yellow paper in between. 

 She came to the honey on the red paper, but after feeding for 

 about half a minute left it, to try that on the yellow. 



I may mention that other observations of the same kind gave 

 similar results ; but it is perhaps hardly worth while to give more 

 details. 



Indeed, while hive-bees were generally contented with any 



honey I gave them, wasps showed a very different disposition, 



and, if there were several drops of honey near one another, flew 



frequently from one to the other, as if to make sure which they 



liked best. 



Conduct towards their Friends. 



With reference to the behaviour as regards comrades, I may 

 observe that the results entirely confirmed those previously ar- 

 rived at. For instance, a wasp observed and fed from the 7th 

 to the 12th Sept. did not bring more than three or four friends 

 during the whole of that time. 



