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inform them of its continued presence. Moreover, 

 after being seriously disturbed, a stock appears to 

 remember, for many days, the molestation, and to 

 be eager to resent further intrusion, unless peaceable 

 behaviour is strongly enforced by smoke or an 

 anaesthetic. 



Secondly, as to judgment. This involves the pre- 

 vious conception of two ideas at least, the comparison 

 of these, or their connection, at all events, and a deci- 

 sion founded on their connection. That these pro- 

 cesses take place in the bee-mind, we are apparently 

 warranted in concluding from several circumstances 

 to which allusion has already been made. Let us 

 recall, for instance, the fact that if, owing to an 

 unusual influx of honey, the attachments of the 

 combs seem insufficiently strong to bear the weight 

 dependent on them, the workers proceed to make a 

 new connecting layer, at the top of the hive, and of 

 greater holding power. This they do by gnawing 

 away the original one, and replacing it, one side at a 

 time, by new work, the security of which is assured 

 before the other side is proceeded with. Now, in 

 this case there is a perception of an unusual, or, at 

 least, an unexpected influx of stores, as well as of 

 a certain strength being required to sustain the 

 weight of them. Furthermore, there is a calcula- 

 tion, or comparison, founded on the two perceptions 

 or conceptions, and an act of decision resulting 

 from such comparison — apparently a clear case of 

 judgment. 



Again, let us revert to the manufacture of queens 

 by the workers. If at the time of the removal or 

 loss of the mother-bee in any way, there should be 



