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movement, and the light came through. I was run- 

 ning up to see what was going on, when something 

 soft and sticky came down on top of me ; I was half- 

 smothered for a moment, and could not get away. 

 At last I crawled off, and now I'm cleaning myself. 

 And I still say," she added, as she passed her feet 

 over her head and antennae, " that it's by no means 

 bad stuff." 



Buz went at once to see what had happened. 

 She found that the aperture, instead of being 

 covered by the slide, was now filled up with a soft 

 material, which bulged out in the middle, and was 

 covered with drops of something sticky.* 



Several bees were already sucking at these, and 

 Buz followed their example. Whatever it might 

 be, there was certainly no harm in it — it was sweet 

 and pleasant to eat. 



The best of it was, that as fast as the bees 

 sucked up the drops, more were formed on the sur- 

 face of the material ; but the latter was too thick 

 to allow them to fall right through : they only hung 

 on, ready to be sucked. 



" Come ! " said Buz ; " if this is how they supply 



* A wide-necked bottle, containing a thick syrup of sugar and 

 water, with a piece of flannel tied over the mouth, had been placed, 

 inverted, over the hole. 



