The Foundation of the City 
The bee flew into this box; and as she 
was alone, and no other bee seemed to 
accompany or follow her, I imprisoned 
her and left her there. I then repeated 
the experiment on twenty different bees 
in succession. When the marked bee re- 
appeared alone, I imprisoned her as I 
had imprisoned the first. But eight of 
them came to the threshold of the hive 
and entered the box accompanied by two 
or three friends. By means of the trap 
I was able to separate the marked bee 
from her companions, and to keep her a 
prisoner in the first compartment. ‘Then, 
having marked these companions with a 
different colour, I threw open the second 
compartment and set them at liberty, 
myself returning quickly to my _ study 
to await their arrival. Now it is evident 
that if a verbal or magnetic communica- 
tion had passed, indicating the place, de- 
scribing the way, &c., a certain number 
of the bees, having been furnished with 
this information, should have found their 
way to my room. I am compelled to 
admit that there came but a single one. 
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