loo Buz. 



wing of their own accord the moment they were 

 released on the footboard ; others behaved like the 

 one that Buz had first taken out; and, allowing 

 themselves to be pushed over the edge of the foot- 

 board, lay among the bodies of those that had been 

 killed. 



At last the hive was quite cleared of them. 



" Double the sentries, and admit no drones," were 

 the orders given. 



But none dared to return ; the night came on cold 

 and wet, and before the sun rose next morning every 

 drone was dead. 



