338 INSTINCTS OF BEES. 



a draught of bee-wine, as he called it. As he 

 ran about the fields he made a humming noise 

 with his lips, resembling that of bees. The lad 

 was lean in his person, and of a cadaverous un- 

 healthy aspect: he died before he reached the 

 a^e of maturity. 



