The Life of the Bee 
bee, brought her to my study, set her on 
the comb, and marked her while she was 
feeding. — 
When satisfied, she flew away and re- 
turned to the hive. I followed, saw her 
pass over the surface of the crowd, plunge 
her head into an empty cell, disgorge her 
honey, and prepare to set forth again. At 
the door of the hive I had placed a glass 
box, divided by a trap into two compart- 
ments. 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 
reappeared 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 
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