Death of Hum — Robbery — Restitution. 107 



Buz ran down the comb at once, and found a 

 crowd of bees collected round the place where the 

 aperture had been : there was no aperture now ! 



A zinc slide, worked from the outside, had been 

 pushed across, cutting off all communication from 

 below ; and a bee, who had been ascending at the 

 time, had been caught and crushed to death. 



At this moment the covering of the super was 

 removed, and a flood of light admitted. 



Then there was running and bustling indeed ! 

 Every part of the glass was explored again and again, 

 and each bee continually revisited the slide, in hopes 

 of finding it removed. 



But no — they were completely cut off ! The only 

 way out of the super had been through the hive be- 

 low, and that way was closed. 



The bees grew very angry — particularly Buz ! 



"Ah, my fine fellow ! " said she to herself, as she 

 ran up and down, looking through the glass at the 

 gardener outside, " just you wait till I'm out; I've 

 something more than honey for you ! " 



The more angry and excited the bees became, 

 however, the hotter grew the hive. 



Many of them began to fan violently.; but that 

 did no good, because no cool air from the outside 

 could be obtained. 



