14 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE. HONEY-BEE. 
val of several months was not sufficient to efface the impression 
they had received.—(Huber, ‘Nouvelles Observations sur les 
Abeilles,’”? Genéve, 1814.) 
33. It is well known, also, that bees wintered in cellars 
(646) remember their previous location when taken out in 
the Spring. 
If food is given to,a colony, at the same hour, and in the 
same spot, for two days in succession, they will expect it 
the third day, at the same time and place. 
34. When one of her antennz is cut off, no change takes 
place in the behavior of the queen. If you cut both antennz 
near the head, this mother, formerly held in such high considera- 
tion by her people, loses all her influence, and even the maternal 
instinct disappears. Instead of laying her eggs in the cells, she 
drops them here and there.—(Huber.) 
The experiments made by Huber on workers and drones, 
in regard to the loss of the antennse, are equally conclusive. 
The workers, deprived of their antenne, returned to the 
hive, where they remained inactive and soon deserted it for- 
ever, light being the only thing which seemed to have any 
attraction for them. 
In the same way, drones, deprived of their antenne, de- 
serted the observatory hive, as soon as the light was excluded 
from it, although it was late in the afternoon, and no drones 
were flying out. Their exit was attributed to the loss of 
this organ, which helps to direct them in darkness. 
35. The inference is obvious, that a bee deprived of her 
antennie loses the use of her intellect. 
“ff you deprive a bird, a pigeon, for instance, of its cerebral 
lobe, it will be deprived of its instinct, yet it will live if you stuff 
it with food. Furthermore, its brain will eventually be renewed, 
thus bringing back all the uses of its senses.”—(Claude Bernard, 
“Science Expérimentale.”) 
Bees, however, cannot live without their antennz, and 
these organs would not grow again, like the brains of birds, 
the legs of crawfishes, or the tails of lizards. 
