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After which she did not come again till 8, when we 
left off watching. During the whole of this time she 
did not bring a single ant to help her. Surely it would 
have been in many respects desirable to do so. It will 
be seen that some of the pupz remained lying about 
and exposed to many dangers from 11 a.o. till 7 P.m.; 
and when she left off working at that time, there were 
still a number of the pupz unsecured; and yet, though 
she had taken so much pains herself, she did not bring 
or send others to assist her in her efforts or to complete 
her work. 
I have given the above cases at length, though I 
fear they may appear tedious and prolix, because they 
surprised me much. 
No doubt it more frequently happens that if an ant 
or a bee discovers a store of food, others soon find their 
way to it, and I have been anxious to ascertain in what 
manner this is effected. Svme have regarded the fact 
as a proof of the power of communication ; others, on 
the contrary, have denied that it indicated any such 
power. Ants, they said, being social animals, naturally 
accompany one another; moreover, seeing a companion 
coming home time after time with a larva, they would 
naturally conclude that they also would find larve in 
the same spot. It seemed to me that it would be very 
interesting to determine whether the ants in question 
were brought to the larve, or whether they came 
casually. I thought therefore that the following experi- 
ment might throw some light on the question, viz.: to 
place several small quantities of honey in similar 
situations, then to bring an ant to one of them, and 
subsequently to register the number of ants visiting 
each of the parcels of honey, of course imprisoning for 
the time every ant which found her way to the honey 
except the first. If, then, many more came to the 
honey which had been shown to the first ant than to 
the other parcels, this would be in favour of their 
