84 The Bee People. 
get honey. They will upset hives, and 
do not seem to mind being stung at all. 
There is one story of a tame bear that 
used to take honey out of a bottle. He 
would lick out all he could reach, then 
turn the bottle up and let the honey run 
into his mouth. Usually it ran into his 
eyes as well, but that did not seem to 
trouble him. 
A good many creatures are fond of bees 
and honey, so you see dangers beset Miss 
Apis’s path, and even the pleasant occu- 
pation of gathering sweets from flowers 
is not without its drawbacks. 
