150 Lubbock’s Observations on Bees and Ants. [ March, 
several times, while a bee has been feeding, held a second bee by 
the leg close to her; the prisoner, of course, struggled to escape, 
and buzzed as loudly as she could; yet the selfish (?) eater took 
no gotice whatever. So far, therefore, from being at all affec- 
tionate, I doubt whether bees are in the least fond of one an- 
other. 
Their devotion to their queen is generally quoted as a most 
characteristic trait ; yet it is of the most limited character. For 
instance, I was anxious to change my black queen for a Ligurian ; 
and accordingly, on the 26th of October, Mr. Hunter was good 
enough to bring me a Ligurian queen. We removed the old 
queen, and we placed her with some workers in a box containing 
some comb. I was obliged to leave home on the following day ; 
but when I returned on the 30th, I found that all the bees had 
deserted the poor queen, who seemed weak, helpless, and miser- 
able. On the 31st the bees were coming to some honey at one of 
my windows, and I placed this poor queen close to them. In 
alighting, several of them even touched her; yet not one of her 
subjects took the slightest notice of her. The same queen, when 
afterwards placed in the hive, immediately attracted a number of 
bees. 
That a bee can distinguish scents is certain. On the 5th of 
October I put a few drops of eau de Cologne in the entrance, 
and immediately a number (about fifteen) of bees came out to 
see what was the matter. Rose-water also had the same effect ; 
and, as will be mentioned presently, in this manner I called the 
bees out several times; but after a few days they took hardly 
any notice of the scent. For instance, on the 17th of October I- 
tried them with twenty drops of eau de Cologne, the same quan- 
tity of essence of violet, of lavender-water, of essence of musk, 
of essence of patchouli, and of spirits of wine ; but they took no 
apparent notice of any of them. 
I have also made some observations with the view of ascertain- 
ing whether the same bees act as sentinels. With this object, on 
the 5th of October I called out the bees by placing some eau de 
Cologne in the entrance, and marked the first three bees 
came out. At five P. M. I called them out again ; about twenty 
came, including the three marked ones. I marked three more. 
October 6th. Called them out again. Out of the first twelve, 
five were marked ones, I marked three more. 
October Tth. Called them out at 7.30 A. M., as before. Out of 
the first nine, seven were marked ones. 
