CHAPTER II. 



FIRST FLIGHTS — NARROW ESCAPE. 



EXT morning, Buz and 

 Hum were, of course, in a 

 great hurry to leave the hive 

 and try their wings ; but 

 one of the nurses, who hap- 

 pened to see them on their 

 way to the entrance very 

 early indeed, told them not 

 to be tempted out by the 

 bright rays of the sun, which 

 had only just risen, but to 

 wait till the world was a lit- 

 tle warmer. " Many a young bee," she added, " yes, 

 and many an older bee who ought to have known 

 better, has left this hive on a bright-looking spring 



