

CHAPTER III. 



DISPUTE WITH A PEACOCK BUTTERFLY. 

 THE SNAIL SETTLES IT. 



'OR a few days after her narrow 

 escape, Buz did not venture far 

 from the hive, and worked 

 steadily and well. She now and 

 then met Hum, and they were 

 always good friends ; but she 

 found that what she had heard 

 was quite true, and that there 

 was not much time for any thing 

 but work. One morning, how- 

 ever, as they were both waiting 

 near the entrance of the hive till it should be warm 

 enough to go out. Hum asked Buz if she had seen 

 the queen yet. 



