1876.}  Lubbock’s Observations on Bees and Ants. 157 
In the mean time twelve other ants had been up wrong pins 
and two up to the honey ; these I imprisoned for the afternoon. 
At 5.46 my ant went away. From that time to six o'clock, seven 
ants came, but not the first. One of the seven went up a 
wrong pin, but seemed surprised, came down, and immediately 
went up the right one. The other six went straight up the 
right pin to the honey. Up to seven o’clock twelve more ants 
went up pins — eight right, and four wrong. At seven, two more 
went wrong. Then my first ant returned, bringing three friends 
with her ; and they all went straight to the honey. At 7.11 she 
went; on her way to the nest she met and spoke to two ants, 
both of which then came straight to the right pin and up it to the 
honey. Up to 7.20 seven more ants came and climbed up pins — 
six right, and one wrong. At 7.22 my first ant came back with 
five friends ; at 7.30 she went away again, returning at 7.45 with 
no less than twenty companions. During this experiment I im- 
prisoned every ant that found her way up to the honey. Thus, 
while there were seventeen pins, and consequently sixteen chances 
to one, yet between 5.45 and 7.45 twenty-seven ants came, not 
counting those which were brought by the original ant; and out 
of these twenty-seven, nineteen went up the right pin. Again, 
on the 15th of J uly, at 2.30, I put out the same piece of cork with 
ten pins, each with a piece of card and one with honey. At 4.40 
a ant to the honey ; she fed comfortably, and went away 
at 4.44 
At 4.45 she returned, at 5.05 went away. At 6.13 she returned; again at 6.25 and 
ny et 5.55 «6,59, 
There were a good many other ants about, which, up to this time, 
went up the pins indiscriminately. 
At 7.15 an ant came and went up the right pin, and another 
at 7.18. At 7.26 the first ant came back with a friend, and both 
‘ee up the right pin. At 7.28 another came straight to the 
ney, 
fey one went up a wrong pin. At 7.48 one came to the Anit pin. 
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