Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social Hymenoptera . Routes followed in experiment No. 1, as detailed abova A, position of pencil. B, paper bridge, c and D, glass with , point where larva dropped, the opposite arrow and loop markingreturn route. 1, 2, 3, i, comparatively straight paths to the , 6, circuitous route on shifting of glass. ^ different access to nest, she returned on the next journey and was on the glass,I moved it 3 inches, to D, so that the end of the glasswas 6 inches from the base of the pencil. If she weremuch guided by sigh
Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social Hymenoptera . Routes followed in experiment No. 1, as detailed abova A, position of pencil. B, paper bridge, c and D, glass with , point where larva dropped, the opposite arrow and loop markingreturn route. 1, 2, 3, i, comparatively straight paths to the , 6, circuitous route on shifting of glass. ^ different access to nest, she returned on the next journey and was on the glass,I moved it 3 inches, to D, so that the end of the glasswas 6 inches from the base of the pencil. If she weremuch guided by sight, then she would have had little 262 DIFFICULTY IN or no diflficulty in finding her way back. Her pathway,however (No. 5), which is traced on the paper, showsthat she was completely abroad ; and, after all, she gotback to the nest by a different Routes followed in experiment No. 2, as mentic ned in text. B, paper bridge leading to nest, c, glass tray with larvae, in itsfirst position ; and D in its position when shifted. 1,2, 3, 4, thinwhite lines indicating the comparatively straight routes. 6, thickwhite line, and 6, dotted line showing tortuous pat hs when glass hadbeen altered in po«ition. The arrows in4icate directions travelled FINDING THEIR WAY. 253 I then varied the experiment as subjoined, and as«hown in the woodcut (Fig. 13). Experiment 2.—I connected the table vdth thenest by a paper bridge, the end of which is shownat B (Fig. 13), and which came down about an inchfrom the pole supporting the nest (see Fig. 1). Thispole rose 18 inches above the table. I then put theglass tray (c) with larvae as before, 12 inches fromthe base of the pole, and put an ant to the she had learnt her way I traced four of herroutes, as shown in the thin lines 1, 2, 3, 4. I thenon her next journey (5, thick white line), whe
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