126 The Bee People. 
dew. You see, they have no candy in 
the mountains, and the children took the 
honey-dew without waiting for the bees 
to make it into honey. 
But bees and children are not the only 
lovers of honey-dew. 
I have often watched the squirrels lick 
it from the leaves. 
They take a leaf between their paws and 
hold it to their mouths, while their little 
tongues lick the leaf all over. It is great 
fun to watch the squirrels do this, and I 
hope you will see it yourself some day. 
I do not know whether squirrels like 
candy, but I am perfectly sure they like 
honey-dew. 
Honey-dew used to be a great mystery 
ta people, and very funny notions were 
held regarding it. 
Pliny, an old Latin naturalist, supposed 
it was “the perspiration of the sky, the 
saliva of the stars, or the moisture deposited 
by the atmosphere while purging itself, 
