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doesn't choose, indeed ! " And she gave him another 

 push. 



" I vote we turn him out," cried another bee, 

 pushing him back. 



" Yes, and keep him out," said a third. 



"Out with him ! " cried several bees at once. 



"Down with the drones! Out with them ! Turn 

 them all out ! " was the general cry. 



And the drone, now beginning to be really fright- 

 ened, was pushed backward and forward in the 

 midst of a crowd of workers. At last, in answer to 

 the cries, Buz and another bee caught firmly hold of 

 the drone, and began dragging him toward the 

 entrance. 



But he was strong and heavy, and did not want to 

 go at all, and struggled hard. 



" Push behind there," cried the bee who was help- 

 ing Buz. 



" Not all of you, though," added Buz. " Are there 

 no other drones in the hive? " 



This produced new cries of " Out with them ! " 

 " Down with the drones ! " " Turn them out ! " and 

 parties of bees, hastening in every direction through 

 the hive, fastened on the drones, and dragged them 

 toward the entrance. 



As he was being pulled and pushed round a corner, 



