62 Buz. 



and said, " I have made up my mind to go. Let all 

 who wish to join me wait outside, and be ready to 

 SWARM ! ! ! " 



Directly she spoke the last word, there was an 

 end to all restraint. It was the word so anxiously 

 expected all the morning, and was now the signal 

 for a general rush. It was passed round the hive in no 

 time, and Buz took it up, and found herself repeating, 

 like every one else, " A swarm ! a swarm ! ! a 

 swarm ! ! ! " Meantime she pressed forward to the 

 entrance. It seemed to her as if she would never 

 reach it ; but then, she was in such a desperate 

 hurry. At last her struggles were rewarded, and, 

 with dozens of other bees, she tumbled out of the 

 hive — head over heels ! any how! — and joined the 

 excited mob in front. 



There she dashed backward and forward as madly 

 as any one, but always watching the entrance ; 

 always ready to follow the queen the moment she 

 should appear. 



She had not long to wait, for her majesty soon 

 presented herself, and, after looking about her, 

 spread her wings and flew slowly and steadily away. 



By this time the noise was tremendous ; such an 

 angry noise too ! But Buz hardly heard it, she was 

 so excited, so bent on keeping the queen in sight. 



