40 RECORDS VOLUME XII, FEB. 1920. 
tague, in Nassau, Bahamas, June 10, 1897, 
about one o clock, afternoon, when my atten- 
tion was attracted by a continous buzzing 
sound that appeared to come from above. A 
boy, who was with me, said that the sound 
was made by honey bees “going home’. In 
answer to my questions said that the bees 
gathered honey through the morning, and 
then all returned together to their hives at 
about one o’clock and at no other time, and 
they did this regularly every day. 
Later, mentioning the matter to my friend, 
Mr. Claridge, a native of Nassau, he told me 
it was true, and offered to take me to an es- 
tate in Nassau. owned bya relative of his, 
who had a large apiary. Here we could see 
the bees come in, and also watch the Bee 
Birds, manv of which gathered to catch the 
hees. | 
Acordingly the next day found us on the 
estate near the apiarv. I was surprised at 
the number of hives in it. upwards of 100, 
for | had not known that any honey bees 
