+---------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----+-------+--------+ | | | | Plain | | | | | |Journeys.| Blue.| Green.| Glass.| Orange.| Red.| White.| Yellow.| +---------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----+-------+--------+ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | +------+-------+-------+--------+-----+-------+--------+ | | 26 | 39 | 65 | 51 | 55 | 35 | 37 | +---------+------+-------+-------+--------+-----+-------+--------+ "In the next series of experiments the bees had been trained for three weeks to come to a particular spot on a large lawn, by placing from time to time honey on a piece of plain glass. This naturally gave the plain glass an advantage; nevertheless, as will be seen, the blue still retained its pre-eminence. It seems hardly necessary to give the observations in detail. The following table shows the general result:-- +-----------+------+-----+------+-------+------+-----+-------+-------+ | |No. of| | | | | | | | | Series. | Exp. |Blue.|Green.|Orange.|Plain.| Red.| White.|Yellow.| +-----------+------+-----+------+-------+------+-----+-------+-------+ |1st. | 11 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 65 | 55 | 35 | 37 | |2nd. May 30| 15 | 38 | 57 | 59 | 72 | 66 | 58 | 70 | |3rd. July 2| 16 | 44 | 76 | 82 | 73 | 53 | 53 | 67 | |4th. " 4| 15 | 43 | 61 | 64 | 80 | 66 | 50 | 56 | |5th. " 5| 10 | 36 | 47 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 42 | |6th. " 6| 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | |7th. " 20| 11 | 33 | 39 | 50 | 47 | 49 | 41 | 49 | |8th. " 23| 10 | 31 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 37 | 35 | 31 | |9th. " 25| 10 | 22 | 54 | 38 | 52 | 33 | 35 | 46 | | +------+-----+------+-------+------+-----+-------+-------+ | | 100 | 275 | 427 | 440 | 491 | 413 | 349 | 405 | +-----------+------+-----+------+-------+------+-----+-------+-------+