272 THE BEE NATION. 



(loc. cit., p. 108), this care and thought for each individual 

 case and condition ? this remarkable division of labor ? 

 this wonderful polity, which orders everything according to 

 settled rules, and momentarily meets a mass of accidental 

 circumstances which it was impossible to foresee ? The 

 bees feel anxiety, hate, and wrath. They accommodate 

 their actions to circumstances, they employ stratagems 

 against enemies which are stronger than themselves, and 

 suit the defence to the strength of the attack. Can this be 

 instinct ? " 



" To deny reason to bees, 1 ' says Leuret, u is to deny all 

 justice ! " 



