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off on a tour of inspection. Slie found herself in a 

 space about half the size of the hive below ; the 

 walls and roof were very slippery, and the light 

 came through them. 



She climbed up the side and got to the roof, but 

 had hardly reached it when she lost her footing and 

 fell with a flop on to the floor. 



As she stood rather confused for a moment, a 

 friend of hers came up and said, " Isn't this a piece 

 of luck ! We had nearly filled the place below with 

 wax and honey, and now here's room for lots 

 more." 



" Yes," replied Buz ; " I was wondering the other 

 day what we should do for space ; it was getting so 

 hot, too." 



" Oh, we should have been obliged to send off a 

 swarm, I suppose, when a young queen was hatched ; 

 but now we shall get on without that." 



"What shall we do with the young queen then?" 

 demanded Buz. 



" Oh, let the old one kill her, I suppose," said the 

 bee unconcernedly, "or starve the royal grubs, or 

 something. I don't know," she continued, " if eggs 

 have been laid in the royal cells yet ; I rather think 

 not, in which case the queen won't lay any at all 

 now." 



