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158 Lubbock’s Observations on Bees and Ants. [ March, 
Thus after seven o’clock twenty-nine ants came; and though 
there were ten pins, seventeen of them went straight to the right 
pin. 
On the 16th of July I did the same again. At 6.25 I put an 
ant to the honey ; at 6.47 she went. 
At 6.49 an ant came m the right pin. At 7.05 the first ant came ‘dis and re- 
“ 6.50 npt aber mained at the honey till 7.1 
© 6.55 m 7 At 7.05 another came to a right pin; 
“ 6.56 “ came to the wrong pin, but she was with the fi 
and then to the right At 7.06 another ani came e ba right pin. 
At f 58 Sporer came to the a pis, 2 LUS 
t & 7,12 “ “ 
“c T 13 “ce LL 
These two ants were met by the first one, which crossed an- 
tennæ with them, when they came straight to the honey. 
At 7.14 another ant came straight to the At 7.42 an ant went to a wrong pin. 
“ce 7.47 “ “ “ 
ney. 
At 7.21 the first ant returned ; at 7.26 “ 7.48 “4 4 s 
she left. F TAŬ» “ “ í 
At 7.24 another ant came, but went to el 2 a“ “ the right ier 
a wrong pin, and then went on to the right “ 7.55 the first ant sesiltsas at 
‘one. 7.56 went away again. 
At 7. yi an ent ca n mae: pin. S r = an aut went to wrong pp, 
TID right 
“ “ “ “ i “ 8 e wrong e 
7.34 4“ éc “ “g “ right ce 
“+735. OM « i “ 8.01 wrong “ 
“ 7.38 the first came back, at 7.45 
went away again. 
After this, for an hour, no more ants came. On this occasion, 
therefore, while there were ten pins, out of thirty ants, sixteen 
came to the ei one, while fourteen went to one or other of the 
nine wrong 0 
July 18th. ‘T en out the boards as before at four o’clock. oh 
to 4.25 no ant came. I then put one (No. 1) to the honey ; 
fed for a few minutes, and went away at 4.31. 
At 4.35 she came back with four friends, and went nearly 
straight to the honey. At 4.42 she went away, but came back 
almost directly, fed, and went away again. 
At 4.57 she returned, and at 5.08 went At 5.06 an ant came to the right pin. 
away again. "SH wrong pin. 
At 4.45 an ant came to wrong pin. * BAe “ right pin. 
E, 47 : an I changed the pin 
5 4.49 i = At 5.16 an ant came to the pin which I 
j 4.50 “ night pin, had put in the same place 
5 4.52 " At 5.16 an, aut “ee to the righ! pin. 
4.55 “ wrong pin * 5.19 
“ 4.56 3 ht d This “ 5.20 two ants with 
rig 
ant (No. 2) I allowed to return to the nest, No. 2 
which she did at 5,23, 
