BEES. 



In peace they nilc their state with prudent care, 

 Wisely defend, or wage offensive war. 



Weekly Amusement. 



The excursion of a Bee to the blossoms of an 

 Almond Tree: hy Sir John Hill, 



The little creature first settled on the 

 top of one oF the branches, and, for a mo- 

 ment, seemed to enjoy the scene as I did : 

 she just gave me time to admire her sleek 

 silky coat, and glossy wings, before she 

 plunged into a full-blown blossom, and bu- 

 ried herself among the thready honours of the 

 centre. She wantoned and rolled herself 

 about, as if in ecstacy, a considerable time 

 there, and in her motions greatly disconcerted 

 the apparatus of the flower ; the ripe heads 

 of the thready filaments all burst, and shed a 

 subtile yellow powder over the whole surface 

 of the leaves ; nor did the creature stop its 

 gambols, while one of them remained whole, 

 CM* with any appearance of dust in its cavity. 



Tired with enjoyment, as it might na- 

 turally have seemed, she now walked out, and 

 appeared to have paid for the mischief she 



