impregnation of 
parture. She then flew away, des¬ 
cribing horizontal circles, 12 or 15 
feet above the earth, but soon rose 
*» 
rapidly out of sight* In seven mi¬ 
nutes she returned to the entrance of 
the hive, but having no external marks 
of fecundation, she was allowed to 
enter. In a quarter of an hour she 
re-appeared and took flight as before. 
Twenty seven minutes elapsed before 
she returned from this last excursion. 
H owever, she now re-entered the hive 
with evident marks of fecundation. 
The above elucidation of the prob¬ 
lem with all its plausibility, is, ne¬ 
vertheless, severely attacked and at¬ 
tempted to be overturned by Mr Hiiish, 
