40S COilMUNICAlTON AMONvi BEES. 



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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 | an inch in dia- 

 meter. To make things easier for her, I made her a 

 =mall alighting-board of wood, the top of which was 

 evel 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 



At 6.55 

 7. 5 

 7.14 



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. 

 \t " 40 she returned, but did not seem able to find 



