POWER OF COMMUNICATION. 361 
April 19.—I put out a little syrup on eleven slips of 
glass,which I placed on eleven inverted flower-pots on the 
lawn. At 8.35 a Lasius niger found the honey on one 
of the flower-pots. 
3.50 J she returned to the 
: honey, and at 
} 9. 5 went back to the nest. 
9.21 ” ” 9.30 ” 9 
9.42 ” 9 9.50 ” ” 
10.12 “ 3 10.21 = : 
10.35 , 3 10.46 ” o 
11. 9 - is 11.20 = e 
11.45 . <5 11.50 5 ss 
11.57 . . 12. 2 - 
12.20 fe ‘ 12.30 i 
12.45 si ee 12.53 - ia 
1 8 eb ” 1.18 3 ” 
1.34 55 a3 1.43 ” ” 
1 57 oF 39 2. 7 a ° 
2.28 ” 3 2.33 » ” 
2 49 bP) bed 2.53 > 3° 
2 59 3° o 3. 2 ” ” 
3 9 2 ee 3.11 29 Pad 
3 29 bed ” 3.30 99 bP) 
3 59 ” ” 4, 8 9 ” 
-After which I watched till 6 P.m.; but she did not 
return again tothe honey. During the above time 
eight ants came to the same honey, and twenty-one to 
the other ten deposits. 
On July 11 I put one of my specimens of Lasius 
niger to some honey at 7.10. She fed till 7.25, when 
she returned to the nest. 
At 7.32 she returned. At 7.36 another ant came, 
TAT ‘5 7.50 [whom I imprisoned. 
8. 0 e 8.11 s - 
8.18 
