1876.] Lubbock’s Observations on Bees and Ants. 159 
went at 5.25. 
At5.20ant No. 1 came to right pinand At 5.51 ant No. 1 came back, and at 5.54 
went. 
At 5.25 anant came to right pin; this At 5.58 two ants came to the right pin. 
ce cas 
ant had been spoken to by No. 2. “ 5.59 another ant . 
At 5.26 another ant came to right pin. ffir? È “wrong pin. 
ee. i I changed the pin again. 
oao s ” t 6.49 an ant came to the pin which I 
—_— 2 had put in the same place. 
“5.41 ant No. 1 p and At 7.01 another ant came to the right pin. 
went at 5.49. e, DRO 1 " 
At 5.45 another ant ye «doo s “S 
50 in “cc 
: “ 7.46 ant No. 1 returned, 7.55 went. 
Thus during this time, from 4.50 until 7.50, twenty-nine ants 
came, twenty-six went to the right pin, while only three went up 
any of the nine wrong ones. Moreover, out of these twenty-six, 
only four were distinctly brought by the two ants which I had 
shown the honey. 
On the 19th I tried a similar experiment. The marked ants 
frequently brought friends with them; but, without counting 
these, from 3.20 to eight o'clock, out of forty-five ants, twenty- 
nine went up the right pin, while sixteen went up the nine wrong 
ones, 
Thus on 
July 13th, of 27, 19 went right, 8 wrong. July 18th, of 26, 23 went right, 3 wrong. 
Fedor its oeg wi 19th, “48, '2 mae yal 
5 eth a0 16.) ioe gee 
Or, adding them all together, while there were ten pins at least, 
out of one hundred and fifty-six ants one hundred and three came 
up the right pin, and only fifty-three up the others. 
It certainly appeared to me that some of the ants were much 
cleverer in finding their way to the honey than others ; several 
ants which I put on honey came back to nearly the same place, 
and yet did not seem able to find the exact spot. 
Again, some appeared to communicate more freely with their 
friends than others; and I have met with cases which show that 
Some ants certainly do not, under such circumstances, summon 
others to their assistance. From this point of view the following 
observations may be compared with those already recorded. On 
the Ist of August an ant came to the honey at 4.20 and went 
‘Way a few minutes afterwards. 
rg 4.36 returned, at 4.41 went away. At 6,21 returned, at 6.31 went away. 
452° ou 4:58 & “63 “ üg lih 
n 4 
5.30 “ 
6.05 
5.15 of “ 6.55 j e O 
5.35 % “7,30 5 EE Y 
“ 7.49 - 7.54 28 
Yet during all this TE she brought no friend with her. 
