The Life of the Bee 
course to the precise spot that it filled 
the previous year; and only after some 
hesitation and groping will they discover 
the door which stands not now where it 
once had stood. It is as though space 
had preciously preserved, the whole 
winter through, the indelible track of 
their flight: as though the print of their 
tiny, laborious footsteps, still lay graven 
in the sky. 
If the hive be displaced, therefore, 
many bees will lose their way; except 
in the case of their having been carried 
far from their former home, and finding 
the country completely transformed that 
they had grown to know perfectly within 
a radius of. two or three miles; for 
then, if care be taken to warn them, 
by means of a little gangway connecting 
with the alighting-board, at the entrance 
to the hive, that some change has 
occurred, they will at once proceed to 
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