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ground, while fifty or sixty of the workers were seen flying about 
the house. From time to time one or another—probably those 
Which had flown out of the entrance the day before—found the* 
Opening and returned into their nest, while the remainder after ° 
flying about for several hours gradually disappeared, till not one 
was left. As it was supposed that they had in all probability re- 
tai depended upon their wonderful sense of locality,and returned > 
Ither, x 
A similar instance was observed with another nest, which had 
been removed a distance of nearly five miles, and in which the 
Same care had been exercised to capture all the individuals. In 
= skillfully handling the box containing the nest and bees, in its — 
E -ew location, about thirty of the workers escaped, and flew through 
l *%e open window. After flying for a long time about the house, _ a 
_ 4S though in search of their comrades, they likewise disappeared = z 
and returned to their original nest, and again established them, 
ToS: as was afterwards ascertained. ces 
It was frequently observed that, when nests have been removed 
a. but a Short distance, the workers during the first few days after  — 
cert Change, would fly swiftly in the direction of their old nest, Be 
eee 
_ 8nd go to their new home. It seemed evident that these ume 
Creatures, through some mental process or other, thus discovered i 
their changed circumstances. ee je 
-In order to test further this remarkable sense of locality, the 
author marked a number of individuals with oil colors, and carried 
