64 Buz. 



was no hesitation, no indecision about him ; it was 

 all the work of a moment. Instantly, a cloud of 

 bees ascended all round him, and many alighted on 

 his arms, and some even on his face. Of these he 

 took no notice whatever; but, seeing that a great 

 cluster remained in the hive, he was satisfied that 

 the queen was among them ; he then turned it over 

 in its right position and stood it on four bricks 

 placed on the ground, so that the bees outside could 

 easily join their friends within. Having protected 

 the hive from the sun with a few freshly cut boughs, 

 he left the swarm alone till the evening. Buz was 

 right in the middle this time, holding on like any 

 thing to the bee just above her. 



When it grew dusk, the gardener came back ; and 

 finding that every bee had entered the hive, he 

 placed it on a fiat board, and carried it off to a stand 

 which had been prepared for it, close to the old hive 

 from which the swarm had come. 



