The Life of the Bee 
Was this mere chance, or had she followed 
instructions received ? The experiment was 
insufficient, but circumstances prevented me 
from carrying it further. I released the 
“baited” bees, and my study soon was 
besieged by the buzzing crowd to whom 
they had taught the way to the treasure. 
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We need not concern ourselves further 
with this incomplete attempt of mine, for 
many other curious traits compel us to 
recognise the existence among the bees of 
spiritual communications that go beyond a 
mere‘ “‘ yes” or “no,” and that are manifest 
in cases where mere example or gesture 
would not be sufficient. Of such, for in- 
stance, are the remarkable harmony of their 
work in the hive, the extraordinary division of 
labour, the regularity with which one worker 
will take the place of another, &c. I often 
have marked bees that went foraging in the 
morning, and found that, in the afternoon, 
unless flowers were specially abundant, they 
would be engaged in heating and fanning 
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