408 COMMUNICATION AMONG BEES. 
3.20 she returned. 3.32 she went. She was 
3.39 7 3.45 »  [disturbed. 
3.52 “ a 
4. 7 $5 4.9 a 
4.15 a 4.20 ey 
4.27 3 4.32 3 
4.43 35 4.45 "9 
4.50 33 4.59 és 
5. 7 <5 5.13 4 
5.25 s 5.31 55 
5.42 5 5.48 - 
5.56 65 6. 1 Ms 
6.14 
During this time no other bee came to the honey. 
I had, on August 20, introduced some bees to honey 
in my room, since which it had been much visited by 
them. On the 24th I put a bee to some honey inside 
a flower-pot five inches high and five wide at the base. 
The flower-pot was laid on its side, and the mouth 
closed, so that the bee had to come out through the 
hole in the bottom, which was about 4 an inch in dia- 
meter. To make things easier for her, I made her a 
small alighting-board of wood, the top of which was 
level with the hole. I then placed the flower-pot on 
the spot where she was accustomed to find the honey. 
She had made her first visit that morning at 6.45, re- 
turning 
7.23. I then arranged the flower-pot as de- 
scribed, and put her, while feeding, into 
it: she found her way out without diffi- 
culty. 
At 7.40 she returned, but did not seem able to find 
