The Life of the Bee 
from her companions, and to keep her 
a prisoner in the first compartment. Then, 
having marked her 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 evi- 
dent that if a verbal or magnetic commu- 
nication had passed, indicating the place, 
describing the way, etc., a certain num- 
ber 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. 
Was this mere chance, or had she followed 
instructions received? The experiment 
was insufficient, but circumstances pre- 
vented 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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