24 Buz. 



and plenty of opportunities for you to meet with 

 ' Experience,' without flying over any of the four 

 walls. Good-by." 



So saying, she disappeared into the hive. 



" Isn't it too delightful ! " exclaimed Buz to 

 Hum. " Flying ! why it's even more fun than I 

 thought! " 



"It is," said Hum; "but I should like to get 

 some honey at once." 



" Of course," replied Buz, " only I should like to 

 fly a good way to get it." 



" I want to fill a cell quickly," said Hum. 



" Oh yes, to be sure ! What a delightful thing it 

 will be to put one's proboscis down into every 

 flower and see what's there ! Do you know," added 

 Buz, putting out her proboscis, " I feel as if I could 

 suck tremendously ; don't you ? " 



" Yes, yes ! " cried Hum, " I long to be sucking; 

 let's be off at once." 



So away they went, and lit on a bed of flow- 

 ers. 



Hum spent the day between the hive and that bed, 

 and was quite, quite happy ; but Buz, though she too 

 liked collecting the honey, wanted to have more 

 excitement in getting it ; and every now and then, as 

 she passed to and from the hive, a lovely field of 



