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TENANTS OF AN OLD FARM. 



"•I see it ["exclaimed Hany. " The honey is squeezed 

 into the tube, and up, up, till it comes out uv the 

 noz — the mouth, I mean — ^just like the water-drops. I 

 understand, trul}' !" 



" Does all honey go through that process — down the 

 bee's throat and up again ?" asked Abby, 



" All genuine honey does. But over-fastidious people 

 can find plenty of the counterfeit article. Though I am 

 no wise certain that the}' will find anything that goes 

 through a process of manufacture as thoroughly clean 

 and wholesome as the original." 



''We have had so many wonders this evening," 

 said the Doctor, "that I am doubtful if we can .in- 

 wardly digest much more ; but there is one point 

 further that I would like you to clear up for me. ^Vhat 

 is the bee-basket in which the pollen is carried home ?" 



FIG. 61. — THE BEE BASKET (fKOM XATURE.) 



"I'd like to know 'bout that myself," said Hugh. 

 "I've often heerd l)ee-raisers talkin' uv the 'basket,' 

 and one; day tried to study it out from some dead 

 bees. 



