Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social Hymenoptera . three pieces being capable of separate rotation. Thisarrangement was kindly devised for me by Mr. FrancisGal ton. I then connected the table with a nest of Lasiusniger by a paper bridge a, and also made a paper pathacross the table, as shown in Fig. 28, divided into fivepieces corresponding to the divisions of the I did because I found that the ants wandered lessif they were provided with a paper road than if theywalked actually on the wood itself. I then placed aoup containing larvae on the t
Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social Hymenoptera . three pieces being capable of separate rotation. Thisarrangement was kindly devised for me by Mr. FrancisGal ton. I then connected the table with a nest of Lasiusniger by a paper bridge a, and also made a paper pathacross the table, as shown in Fig. 28, divided into fivepieces corresponding to the divisions of the I did because I found that the ants wandered lessif they were provided with a paper road than if theywalked actually on the wood itself. I then placed aoup containing larvae on the table at B, and put an ant on 264 EXPERIMENTS WITH the larvae. She at once picked one up, and, with somelittle guidance from me, carried it oflf to the nest,returning at once for another, bringing some friendswith her to help. When she knew her way, I graduallymoved the cup across the table along the paper path Fig. to M, placing it on a column five inches high. Aftera while the ants came to know the way quite well,and passed straight along the path from the nest tothe laivae at M. Having thus established a service ofants, I tried the following experiments:— 1. I removed the piece of paper G F. This dis- ROTATING TABLE. 265 fcurbed them; but they very soon re-established thechain. 2. I turned round the central piece of the table QF, so that the paper G F was reversed, G being whereV had been, and vice versa. This did not seem todi concert the ants at all. They went straight overthe paper as before, without a moments hesitation 3. When some ants were between i and d, I rotatedthe outer circle of the table halfway round, which ofcourse carried the cup containing the larvae from L to ants took no notice of this, but went straight to L. 4. When some ants were between i and d, I rotatedthe table several times, bringing it finally to itsoriginal position. This disturbed them a good deal;but eve
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