unable to dig @localhost

[Zhang, Anchi]

I am running bind 9.2.1.

ns1% ./dig +short reliant.com @ns1
208.205.136.140
ns1% ./dig +short reliant.com @localhost
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
ns1% nslookup reliant.com localhost
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Name:    reliant.com
Address:  208.205.136.140

Anchi