38 THE HONEY-BEE. 



Out of ten, six were marked. Called them out at 

 4.30. Out of ten, seven were marked. 



"October 10.— Called them out at 6.5 A.M. Out 

 of six, five were marked. Shortly afterwards I did 

 the same again, when out of eleven, seven were 

 marked ones. 5.30 P.M. called them out again. Out 

 of seven, five were marked. 



"October 11. — 6.30 A.M. called them out again. 

 Out of nine, seven were marked. 5 P.M. called them 

 out again. Out of seven, five were marked. After 

 this they took hardly any notice of the scents. 



" Thus in these nine experiments, out of the ninety- 

 seven bees which came out first, no less than seventy- 

 one were marked ones." 



Many interesting questions connected with the 

 workers remain for future investigation : such, for 

 instance, as whether the same bee returns to the same 

 part of the hive after each foraging expedition ; 

 whether the same bees go out in search of stores day 

 after day, or sometimes take holidays or rest from 

 out-door fatigues, by applying themselves to some of 

 the internal labours of the hive ; whether those who 

 become more or less exhausted from long-continued 

 flights die, for the most part, on their journeys, or 

 come back home to end their lives. 



One point not known to general readers is, that a 

 bee on each separate going out for stores confines 

 herself to one particular kind of flower for that ex- 

 pedition. That is to say, a worker who begins on 

 violets, will not visit any other flowers than violets 

 before returning to the hive. If lime blossoms are 

 chosen, they will be adhered to. If a bee searching 

 white-clover heads be watched, she will be seen to go 



