DID not answer Crip, for at the 

 moment I was notified that I 

 should take my turn at guard 

 duty, and I went at once to re- 

 port. 



It was now fast growing dark, and the last workers 

 were dropping on the alighting-board and groping their 

 way into the hive. It was the duty of guards to inspect 

 all who entered, and to keep out bugs and ants and in- 

 truders. More than a score of guards, I among them, 



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